002/19-09-2007-ECCC-OCIJ ЮŲŠ / No: D427 288. Most people were moved using a combination of means, depending on the final destination: transport via military or civilian truck;1176 oxcart;1177 boat;1178 train;1179 or walking.1180 The transportation was generally organised in advance and ready to receive the persons being moved.1181 289. As set out in the testimony, people who were moved from Prey Veng and Svay Rieng Provinces were made to follow the same general itinerary. People first walked,1182 or were transported by oxcart,1183 from their villages to Neak Loeung,1184 where National Road 1 meets the Mekong River in Prey Veng Province, Sector 24. They then boarded a motorboat1185 which took them up the Mekong River to Phnom Penh. Most of the people disembarked at or near Chbar Ampeou, in southern Phnom Penh.1186 Several witnesses note that, upon arrival in Phnom Penh, they were given food1187 and/or a blue and white krama.1188 A former CPK cadre from the Ministry of Propaganda and Education states that, whilst transiting through Phnom Penh, people were shown “films about the battlefields and Chinese films relating to the struggle”.1189 This is confirmed by one witness displaced from Prey Veng to Pursat Province, who mentions that he was shown propaganda films whilst in Phnom Penh.1190 The people were then transported by truck1191 to the main Phnom Penh railway station, whereupon they were made to board a train leaving for various stops along the line towards Pursat and Battambang Provinces.1192 290. Similarly, during the same period, many East Zone soldiers were moved. In particular, 5,000 disarmed soldiers were transported from Svay Rieng by military truck via Phnom Penh to the Kampong Chhnang airport construction site.1193 291. A significant number of the persons moved from the East Zone disappeared1194 or died during the displacement as a result of the poor travelling conditions.1195 One witness also states that “stubborn people (those who opposed the Khmer Rouge soldiers) were shot dead by the Khmer Rouge soldiers”.1196 Other witnesses add that people who were moved were not provided with food or water during the journey.1197 292. As regards the people transported by train to Pursat and Battambang Provinces, one witness states that “once they arrived at the provinces, their biographies were made. According to their personal history, they were transferred to different locations”.1198 Most of them were sent to cooperatives or worksites.1199 They were required to conduct work such as digging water reservoirs1200 and/or assisting in rice production.1201 All describe harsh working and living conditions.1202 Most people who were moved recall that they were made to live and 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. 76