002/19-09-2007-ECCC-OCIJ ЮŲŠ / No: D427 complete. If they did not finish on time they would be lectured and accused of being enemies.1275 Those who were not able to work were accused of pretending to be sick and sent for reeducation.1276 Others who resisted were arrested and disappeared.1277 One witness recalls “we were forced to work every day. We dared not refuse to work because we were afraid of getting killed”.1278 312. The rice harvested by the cooperatives was not automatically distributed to members of the subdistricts. Rather, each subdistrict reported to the district on rice yield. The district would then decide how much rice was to be collected from each subdistrict.1279 It appears that some of this rice would then be sent for milling.1280 Some subdistricts would under-report yields and stored the surplus rice to secretly distribute amongst its members.1281 Nearly all witnesses describe a lack of food in the cooperatives.1282 Some witnesses recall people dying of starvation,1283 while others either did not see or deny that people died of starvation.1284 Several witnesses attest that people were afraid to complain about the lack of food because they could have been punished or killed.1285 Several District 105 documents also record the arrest of people who had complained about work and living conditions in the cooperatives.1286 313. Many people living in the cooperatives had health problems, particularly the “new people” who were not used to living in rural areas.1287 Those who were sick were treated by subdistrict medics. However, treatment was rudimentary and the medicine used was locally produced. Patients were given intravenous medicine prepared from tree roots and herbal medicine.1288 Patients were also injected with coconut juice mixed with penicillin.1289 The medics were female CPK cadre who had not received any formal training.1290 Many of them were only twelve to thirteen years old.1291 When people died they were buried without the family being informed.1292 314. Group weddings were carried out in the subdistricts with as many as ten to twenty couples.1293 Some of the couples knew each other, while others did not.1294 Only people of the same political category (full-right, candidate or depositee members) could marry, with the consent of the unit chief. Weddings were held at night with the participation of the subdistrict committee and the chairmen of the cooperatives and units.1295 One witness, [REDACTED], describes how another witness, [REDACTED], chairperson of the women’s unit and marriage coordinator at Nheng Nhang Subdistrict, arranged for her to marry a man whom she hated. She states that [REDACTED] told her that she had to marry, and consequently she felt she did not have a choice. On her wedding night she had sexual intercourse with her husband despite not consenting. She recalls that there were militia men under the house eavesdropping at the time.1296 Another witness recalls the presence of militia men eavesdropping on a 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. 82