002/19-09-2007-ECCC-OCIJ ЮŲŠ / No: D427 “examine them closely to see if they would oppose the Party's guideline because when those people were evacuated and located at the sugar refinery factory in Phnom Penh they were found with guns. So they might have a string with the Yuon (Vietnamese)”.1220 297. Two former CPK cadres explain that the purpose of the displacement was to remove people from the combat zone with the Vietnamese.1221 This appears to be the case as regards the final transfer of civilians shortly before the collapse of the regime in late 1978 or early 1979.1222 A former cook at Kroch Chhmar Commerce Office states that the displacement was to avoid the “fighting between the North Zone and the East Zone groups”.1223 It appears that this population movement had the dual aim of taking people near the border to safer areas, whilst removing politically suspect people from the Zone.1224 Management and Supervision 298. Most witnesses indicate that cadres from the Southwest and Central (Old North) Zones (who had previously purged the local East Zone cadre) managed and supervised the transfer.1225 Others state that there were cadres involved who spoke with an accent1226 and/or militiamen.1227 Some state that local cadres would escort them as far as Neak Loeung.1228 299. As regards the management of arrivals in the Northwest Zone, one witness relates how a meeting was organised in Pursat town to discuss organization.1229 It was chaired by Ta Mok (Northwest Zone Committee), with Sarun (Sector Committee) and [REDACTED] (District Committee) present. 300. A former railway worker reports that in Pursat, there were armed soldiers guarding the people in the trains, who told them “when and where to leave the train at the different locations” and/or transported them by truck to a cooperative.1230 Local CPK cadres would then assign people to work in the cooperatives in Pursat and Battambang Provinces.1231 *** 301. Two hundred and nineteen (219) civil parties were declared admissible in the context of the Movement of the Population from the East Zone (Phase 3),1232 since the alleged crimes described in the application were considered as being more likely than not to be true, pursuant to Internal Rule 23 bis (4). These civil parties have provided sufficient elements tending to establish prima facie personal harm as a direct consequence of the crimes committed during the Movement of the Population from the East Zone (Phase 3). 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. 78