002/19-09-2007-ECCC-OCIJ ЮŲŠ / No: D427 Au Kanseng Security Centre2533 ņĕĀБũ₤ĕʼnЊ₤НŠ ΒРũ˝Яĕ℮₣ Location and Establishment 589. The security centre designated as “Au Kanseng Reeducation and Corrections Office”2534 (also called Au Kanseng Security Centre2535, Reeducation School 8012536, or Military Prison 8012537) was established between the end of 1976 and early 19772538 as part of Military Division 8012539 of the Revolutionary Army of Kampuchea (“RAK”). It was operational until the arrival of Vietnamese forces2540. It was located in Phum (village) 6 (not Phum 3 as is sometimes mistakenly indicated) Labansiek Subdistrict, Banlung District, Ratanakiri Province in the vicinity of the Au Kanseng stream2541 near the current provincial hospital of Ratanakiri Province.2542 Applying the CPK’s system of identifying administrative boundaries, it was located in Sector 102 of the Northeast Zone.2543 590. Centre Division 8012544 was created with cadre and combatants from Division 11 and Division 14, two of the three divisions of the Special Military Zone2545 that, via Son Sen2546, the CPK armed forces General Staff Chairman, answered to the Military Committee of the CPK Central Committee.2547 The commander of Division 801 was Sau Saroeun alias 05 alias Saroeun,2548 with San alias 06 as his deputy,2549 and was in 1976 replaced by Kev Saroeun.2550 End of 1975, Division 801 was deployed in the Ratanakiri Province, Northeast Zone.2551 The policy of Division 801 was issued from the Centre2552 at General Staff meetings attended by Sau Saroeun during which he reported to Son Sen.2553 Sau Saroeun exchanged telegrams from Division 801 headquarters with the General Staff Office in Phnom Penh2554 and in return, Son Sen instructed the actions of Division 801.2555 591. The establishment of Au Kanseng coincided with or followed the arrest and execution of Men San alias Ya who entered S-21 on 20 September 1976.2556 This is corroborated by communication between Son Sen and Division 801. On 30 August 1976, Saroeun attended a meeting convened by Son Sen of the Centre Divisions and independent regiments, at which Son Sen ordered that it was “imperative to conduct further purges of no-good elements,” including by concentrating them in one location for reeducation.2557 At another such gathering on 19 September 1976, Son Sen stressed the threat from “enemies inside the country and inside our ranks,” declaring that “we must have an absolute stance to screen out counterExtraordinary 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. 151