002/19-09-2007-ECCC-OCIJ ЮŲŠ / No: D427 606. Living conditions were very harsh in particular for those chained or shackled.2630 When prisoners were not shackled they could bathe in a stream near the prison under the guard of soldiers.2631 607. According to the deputy Chairman of Au Kanseng, prisoners who were not chained had enough food.2632 However, except for one witness who worked in the kitchen, most witnesses state that the food was insufficient2633. One detainee witnessed a case of cannibalism.2634 608. The health of the prisoners deteriorated as time went by in detention.2635 According to some witnesses, there was no medicine2636 whilst others report that in some cases, a medic named [REDACTED] administered some medicine for the sick.2637 In one instance, a prisoner was sent to pick leaves to boil with rice bran for another sick prisoner to eat.2638 Many prisoners died from illness and malnutrition.2639 609. Sau Saroeun ordered that if there were any prisoners who were considered as minor offenders or as having been successfully reeducated, that they could be sent from Au Kanseng to the 809 Reeducation Office2640 in Phnom Kach Changkeh2641 near Au Tang, which reported regularly to Division 801.2642 Interrogations 610. There was a separate interrogation building inside the prison compound.2643 The interrogations would be led by Deputy Chairman [REDACTED].2644 Most prisoners were not interrogated upon their arrival at the prison2645; they would be left in their cells to allow staff from the centre to read their files and familiarized themselves with the charges against them2646 or called to give their biographies and asked about the reasons for their arrest.2647 611. [REDACTED], the Deputy Chairman, explained that he “never tortured the prisoners, but there may have been some torture of prisoners done by the security personnel”.2648 [REDACTED] describes that “there was some torture; but not all of them were tortured”2649. [REDACTED] reports that some prisoners were beaten with whips and electrically shocked because they were suspected of lying.2650 According to some detainees there were no prevalent incidents of serious mistreatment during interrogations2651 however some did witness serious mistreatment of prisoners during interrogation.2652 For most, the serious mistreatment was from the famine, the workload and the restriction of movement.2653 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. 155