01005800 Case File No. 002/19-09-2007/ECCC/TC E313 5.3. Structure of the CPK military forces 5.3.1. Formation of the Revolutionary Army of Kampuchea 240. When the CPK/FUNK took control of Phnom Penh on 17 April 1975, the CPK military forces – which had been fighting under the banner of the Cambodian People’s National Liberation Armed Forces (“CPNLAF”)753 – were under the direct control of the Zones, not the Party Centre.754 On 22 July 1975, POL Pot announced the formation of a new Revolutionary Army of Kampuchea (“RAK”), bringing a number of Zone military brigades under the control of the Central Committee – specifically, under the command of the General Staff, headed by SON Sen.755 The units created under the General Staff (“Centre Divisions”) included Division 164, the navy; Division 170; Division 290; Division 310; Division 450; Division 502, the air force; Division 703; Division 801; and Division 920.756 Several ‘independent regiments’ were also established under the General Staff, each tasked with a specific function: examples included a tank unit, an artillery unit and the S-21 Security 753 See e.g. Cambodians Urged to Unite in New Year’s Offensive (in FBIS Collection), E3/30, 31 December 1974, p. 2, ERN (En) 00166659. 754 KHIEU Samphan Interview Transcript, E3/4045, undated, p. 1, ERN (En) 00790538; T. 28 March 2012 (KAING Guek Eav), pp. 32-33. 755 T. 24 October 2012 (KUNG Kim), p. 110; T. 28 March 2012 (KAING Guek Eav), pp. 32-33; LOHN Dos Interview Record, E3/426, 23 July 2009, pp. 2-3, ERN (En) 00364070-00364071; Revolutionary Flag, E3/5, August 1975, p. 13, ERN (En) 00401488; Article by T. CARNEY: The Organization of Power, in Cambodia 1975-1978: Rendezvous With Death, E3/49, p. 88, ERN (En) 00105137; Book by B. KIERNAN: The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power and Genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79, E3/1593, p. 94, ERN (En) 00678542. 756 RAK General Staff Document: Joint Statistics of Armed Forces – March 1977, E3/849, 7 April 1977; T. 28 March 2012 (KAING Guek Eav), p. 33; T. 2 April 2012 (KAING Guek Eav), p. 64; T. 9 January 2013 (UNG Ren), pp. 52-53; T. 11 January 2013 (CHHAOM Se), p. 42; KOY Mon Interview Record, E3/369, 29 May 2008, p. 3, ERN (En) 00272715; LONH Dos Interview Record, E3/70, 20 November 2009, pp. 5-6, ERN (En) 00407789-00407790; SRENG Thi Interview Record, E3/5263, 6 January 2009, p. 3, ERN (En) 00282224; U.S. Department of Defense Report, E3/5700, June 2000, p. 3, ERN (En) 00387265; DK Military Meeting Minutes, E3/822, 16 September 1976; Book by HUY V.: The Khmer Rouge Division 703: From Victory to Self-Destruction, E3/2117, pp. 6-7, ERN (En) 00081291-00081292; Book by S. COLM and S. SIM: Khmer Rouge Purges in the Mondul Kiri Highlands, E3/1664, p. 45, ERN (En) 00397617. Case 002/01, Judgement, 7 August 2014 - Public 133