01005779 Case File No. 002/19-09-2007/ECCC/TC E313 ideological and organizational principles”; for governing and arranging cadres and Party members; and for communicating with fraternal “Marxist-Leninist” parties.607 The Central Committee met at least every six months, as required by the CPK Statute.608 The identity and number of members changed repeatedly between 1960 and 1979, but at its peak in the 1970s the Central Committee comprised between 20 and 30 people.609 Members included TOU Samuth, who served as CPK Secretary from 1960 until his disappearance in 1962;610 POL Pot, who joined the Central Committee upon its formation in 1960 and took over the post of CPK Secretary in 1963;611 NUON Chea, who was elected to the Central Committee as CPK Deputy Secretary in 1960;612 and KHIEU Samphan, who joined the Central Committee as a candidate member in 1971 and became a full-rights member in 1976.613 According to the CPK Statute, candidate members could “participate in Central Committee meetings, but [had] no decision rights”.614 203. Although the CPK Statute vested the highest level of operational authority in the Central Committee, effective control over the CPK was ultimately exercised by an extra-statutory body known as the Standing Committee.615 The Standing Committee came into existence at the same time as the Central Committee in 1960.616 It met approximately every seven to 10 days, or more frequently if the circumstances so 607 CPK Statute, E3/130, undated, p. 24, Article 23, ERN (En) 00184045. KHIEU Samphan Interview Record, E3/27, 13 December 2007, p. 10, ERN (En) 00156750; CPK Statute, E3/130, undated, p. 24, Article 25, ERN (En) 00184045. 609 T. 24 July 2012 (David CHANDLER), p. 138; KHIEU Samphan Interview Record, E3/27, 13 December 2007, p. 11, ERN (En) 00156751; Report by S. HEDER and M. MATSUSHITA: Interviews with Kampuchean Refugees at Thai-Cambodia Border, E3/1714, February-March 1980, p. 59, ERN (En) 00170750; T. 26 April 2012 (SALOTH Ban), p. 2. 610 T. 5 December 2011 (NUON Chea), p. 74; T. 20 July 2012 (David CHANDLER), p. 62. 611 T. 10 January 2012 (NUON Chea), p. 22; T. 5 December 2011 (NUON Chea), p. 75. 612 T. 5 December 2011 (NUON Chea), pp. 73-74; T. 6 May 2013 (Philip SHORT), pp. 77-78. See Section 7: Roles and Functions – Nuon Chea, paras 313, 315. 613 T. 13 December 2011 (KHIEU Samphan), p. 92; KHIEU Samphan Interview Record, E3/27, 13 December 2007, p. 11, ERN (En) 00156751; T. 15 July 2013 (Stephen HEDER), p. 43; T. 10 April 2012 (KAING Guek Eav), p. 73; T. 26 April 2012 (SALOTH Ban), p. 3. See Section 8: Roles and Functions – Khieu Samphan, para. 363. 614 CPK Statute, E3/130, undated, p. 24, Article 24, ERN (En) 00184045. 615 KHIEU Samphan Interview Record, E3/27, 13 December 2007, p. 10, ERN (En) 00156750; T. 24 July 2012 (David CHANDLER), pp. 127-128; T. 6 May 2013 (Philip SHORT), p. 61; T. 28 March 2012 (KAING Guek Eav), p. 22. 616 T. 22 November 2011 (NUON Chea), p. 82; T. 5 December 2011 (NUON Chea), pp. 74-75; T. 10 January 2012 (NUON Chea), pp. 23-25; T. 6 May 2013 (Philip SHORT), p. 63. 608 Case 002/01, Judgement, 7 August 2014 - Public 112