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Centre.675 Further restructuring took place in or around 1977: a new North Zone (code
number 801) was created out of what had previously been the Preah Vihear and Siem
Reap/Oddar Meanchey Autonomous Sectors, and the old North Zone was renamed
‘Central Zone’.676
217. Each Zone was sub-divided into a number of Sectors (also known as
‘Regions’), which were generally known by their code numbers. 677 Sectors were
further divided into Districts, which were in turn made up of sub-district entities,
including Communes.678 Within the communes, individual villages were gradually
combined into co-operatives, in which people lived, worked, studied and ate
communally.679 In some areas, co-operatives were treated as sub-units of the
communes, and were subject to the authority of the commune leadership.680 In other
675
T. 19 June 2012 (YUN Kim), pp. 28-29; T. 29 August 2012 (NORNG Sophang), p. 59; T. 5
September 2012 (NORNG Sophang), p. 12; DK Ministry of Education Document: Political Geography
of Democratic Kampuchea, E3/1398, 1977, p. 12, ERN (En) 00814511; Map of Democratic
Kampuchea, E3/475, undated, ERN P 00000002; Map of Democratic Kampuchea, E3/476, undated,
ERN (En) 00295143. See Section 7: Roles and Functions – Nuon Chea, para. 312; Section 8: Roles and
Functions – Khieu Samphan, para. 385.
676
T. 4 September 2012 (NORNG Sophang), p. 7; T. 14 December 2012 (SUON Kanil), pp. 56-57; T.
28 March 2012 (KAING Guek Eav), p. 13; T. 21 May 2013 (PRUM Sou), p. 34; PRUM Sou Interview
Record, E3/420, 24 November 2009, pp. 4, 6, ERN (En) 00422380, 00422382; SENG Kimoeun
Interview Record, E3/425, 17 December 2009, p. 3, ERN (En) 00421613; Book by E. BECKER: When
The War Was Over, E3/20, 1986, p. 175, ERN (En) 00237880.
677
CPK Statute, E3/130, undated, p. 17, Article 7, ERN (En) 00184038; DK Ministry of Education
Document: Political Geography of Democratic Kampuchea, E3/1398, 1977, p. 12, ERN (En)
00814511; T. 28 March 2012 (KAING Guek Eav), pp. 15-16; Book by B. KIERNAN: The Pol Pot
Regime: Race, Power and Genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79, E3/1593, p. 89,
ERN (En) 00678539.
678
CPK Statute, E3/130, undated, p. 17, Article 7, ERN (En) 00184038; DK Ministry of Education
Document: Political Geography of Democratic Kampuchea, E3/1398, 1977, pp. 12-13, ERN (En)
00814511-00814512; T. 28 March 2012 (KAING Guek Eav), p. 15;.S. HEDER and M.
MATSUSHITA article: Interviews with Kampuchean Refugees at Thai-Cambodia Border, E3/1714,
February-March 1980, p. 3, ERN (En) 00170694.
679
T. 6 December 2011 (KLAN Fit), p. 89; T. 13 June 2012 (OEUN Tan), p. 24; T. 6 May 2013
(Philip SHORT), p. 93; T. 21 May 2013 (PROM Sou), p. 8; DK Ministry of Education Document:
Political Geography of Democratic Kampuchea, E3/1398, 1977, p. 12-13, ERN (En) 0081451100814512.
680
T. 29 May 2012 (NY Kan), pp. 74-75; T. 11 April 2013 (François PONCHAUD), pp. 20-21;
KHIM Pang Interview Record, E3/5510, 27 October 2009, p. 3, ERN (En) 00411490; PHNEOU Yav
Interview Record, E3/5515, 12 November 2009, p. 4, ERN (En) 00410247. See also, T. 3 May 2013
(LIM Sat), pp. 50-51; SAU Khon Interview Record, E3/5506, 25 October 2009, p. 3, ERN (En)
00398862; NUT Nouv Interview Record, E3/5521, 1 December 2009, pp. 10-11, ERN (En) 0042232400422325 (confirming that the co-operative leadership was distinct from the commune leadership) .
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