002/19-09-2007-ECCC-OCIJ ЮŲŠ / No: D427 284. The witness statements and evidentiary material relate, in particular, to the population movement from the Provinces of Prey Veng,1143 Svay Rieng,1144 and Kampong Cham (Kroch Chhmar1145 and Ponhea Krek1146 Districts). A significant number of those people moved from Prey Veng and Svay Rieng Provinces were sent either to Pursat1147 or Battambang Province, both in the Northwest Zone;1148 whereas many of those moved from Kampong Cham appear to have been sent to Kampong Thom Province, in the Central (Old North) Zone.1149 According to certain witnesses, there was movement of East Zone military personnel to Kampong Chhnang Province in the West Zone, during the same period.1150 In the final days of the CPK regime, there is evidence of a final movement of remaining civilians from some locations in the East Zone, especially to the Northwest Zone.1151 People Moved 285. Concerning the categories of persons displaced, a large part of the testimony refers to either CPK cadres and soldiers,1152 or people accused of being traitors/bad elements,1153 connected with the Vietnamese (“Yuon”),1154 or linked with the purged East Zone Secretary, Sao Phim.1155 There is also evidence concerning people linked with the former Sihanouk regime1156 or the regime of the Khmer Republic1157 and those considered to be “new people”1158 who had previously been moved from Phnom Penh and other towns such as Svay Rieng,1159 as well as Buddhists monks,1160 Cham,1161 ethnic Chinese1162 and people of Vietnamese origin.1163 There were young people, the elderly, men, women, and children amongst those displaced.1164 Means and Method of Movement 286. People were generally first called to meetings (often by newly appointed local cadre)1165 where they were told that they had to leave or that “Angkar” had decided to move them.1166 Witnesses generally state that, despite some exceptions,1167 people were not tied up.1168 Some state that they were able to pack some belongings before departure.1169 Most of them describe being forced to leave,1170 and some state that those who tried to escape would be shot.1171 287. Witnesses note that, after the replacement of local East Zone cadre, not everyone was displaced; some witnesses describe successive waves of displacement,1172 others state that sometimes people were able to stay in their villages or cooperatives. Among them were “base people” or members of mobile units,1173 as well as “people who had relatives in the village or the subdistrict militia”.1174 At least one Cham family from Kroch Chhmar District was able to stay.1175 Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, National Road 4, Choam Chao, Dangkao Phnom Penh Mailing address: P.O. Box 71, Phnom Penh; Tel: +855(0)23 218914 Fax: +855(0) 23 218941. 75