002/19-09-2007-ECCC-OCIJ ЮŲŠ / No: D427
550.
Four (4) civil parties were declared admissible with regards to Prey Damrei Srot Security
Center,2386 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 at Prey Damrei Srot Security Center.
Wat Kirirum Security Centre2387
ņĕĀБũ₤ĕʼnЊ₤НŠ ŷijʼnÐБ ũВũņŏ
Location and Establishment
551.
Wat Kirirum security centre was located at Phnom Sampeou Mountain,2388 in Phnom
Sampeou Subdistrict, Battambang Province.2389 Using the CPK’s system of identifying
administrative boundaries, Wat Kirirum security centre was located in Phnum Sampeou
District, Sector 3, Northwest Zone.2390
552.
Wat Kirirum security centre was comprised of a number of distinct sections; the Chanlaoh
Kdaong prison, known as the “police site”
2391
or the “warehouse prison”2392, where
detainees were held, the pagoda at the top of the mountain (reached by the “White Stairs”)
where detainees were executed2393 and the La-ang Teng Khluon, La-ang Lakhaon and Laang Kangkep caves up the mountain where victims were killed and their bodies dumped.2394
553.
The Chanlaoh Kdaong prison was approximately 200 metres to the west of the White Stairs
leading to the pagoda.2395 It was approximately 200 metres by 500 metres in area and
detained between 50 to 200 people at any one time.2396 It was surrounded by a brick wall
with barbed wire fencing enclosing the top of the wall.2397
554.
Some evidence suggests that the prison was built in approximately 19762398 and other
suggesting it was built between 1977 and 1978.2399 Prior to the construction of the Chanlaoh
Kdaong Office, prisoners were arrested and placed in a temporary detention building at
Andaung Pring Village2400 or at the Samdech Au Samdech Me Elementary School2401 whilst
the site where Chanlaoh Kdaong prison was to be built was used only as an execution
site.2402
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