01005778 Case File No. 002/19-09-2007/ECCC/TC E313 another statute was enacted at the Fourth Party Congress in January 1976. 599 Only the last of these was put before the Trial Chamber,600 but according to Witness KAING Guek Eav, the various statutes were similar in content, at least insofar as they dealt with the internal structures and hierarchy of the CPK.601 5.1.1. Party Congress 201. The 1976 statute (“CPK Statute”) set out the lines along which the Party was officially organised. The “highest power rights throughout the country” were vested in the General Conference, or Party Congress.602 The role of the Congress was to “designate the political line and Statute” of the Party and select and appoint the members of the Central Committee.603 In addition to the First, Second, Third and Fourth Party Congresses mentioned above, a Fifth Party Congress was convened in late 1978.604 The 1976 and 1978 Congresses were attended by hundreds of people, including representatives from all Sectors and military Divisions, as well as the CPK Central Committee members.605 5.1.2. Central Committee and Standing Committee 202. The CPK Statute provided that between Party Congresses, the Central Committee was nominally the “highest operational unit throughout the country”. 606 In principle, the Central Committee was responsible for implementing the Party line and Statute throughout the CPK; for instructing Zone-level, Sector-level and other Party organisations “to carry out activities according to the political line and [the Party’s] 599 T. 11 July 2013 (Stephen HEDER), p. 19; T. 21 March 2012 (KAING Guek Eav), pp. 70-71, 73; Written Record of Analysis by Craig ETCHESON, E3/494, 18 July 2007, p. 3, ERN (En) 00142828. 600 CPK Statute, E3/130, undated. 601 T. 26 March 2012 (KAING Guek Eav), p. 11; T. 10 April 2012 (KAING Guek Eav), pp. 81-82. See also, Unattributed Article: Brief History of Khmer Communist Party, E3/2, undated, p. 5, ERN (En) 00444352 (indicating that the 1960 statute “established an eight-man party central committee”); T. 10 January 2012 (NUON Chea), pp. 23-25 (acknowledging the existence of CPK central and standing committees from 1960 onwards). 602 CPK Statute, E3/130, undated, p. 17, Article 7, ERN (En) 00184038; T. 6 May 2013 (Philip SHORT), p. 60 (clarifying that ‘General Conference’ and ‘Party Congress’ are synonymous). 603 CPK Statute, E3/130, undated, Article 21, p. 23, ERN (En) 00184044. 604 T. 11 June 2012 (SAO Sarun), p. 17; T. 6 May 2013 (Philip SHORT), p. 60; LONH a.k.a. LORN Report by S. HEDER and M. MATSUSHITA: Interviews with Kampuchean Refugees at ThaiCambodia Border, E3/1714, February-March 1980, p. 58, ERN (En) 00170749. 605 T. 11 June 2012 (SAO Sarun), pp. 20-24; T. 11 January 2013 (CHHAOM Se), pp. 56, 68-69. 606 CPK Statute, E3/130, undated, p. 17, Article 7, ERN (En) 00184038. Case 002/01, Judgement, 7 August 2014 - Public 111