002/19-09-2007-ECCC-OCIJ ЮŲŠ / No: D427 RAK received expert assistance344 and military equipment345 from other countries, most prominently from China. B. ROLE OF RAK 116. The role of the RAK is defined in two central documents on the organization of Democratic Kampuchea. Article 19 of the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea describes the two goals of the Revolutionary Army of Kampuchea (RAK): “defend the State power of the Kampuchean people … and at the same time help to build a country”.346 According to Article 27 of the Communist Party of Kampuchea Statute, the RAK was responsible for both external and internal security, as well as generally participating in “building the country”.347 This understanding of the RAK’s role was repeated and reiterated in various CPK publications and Party committee meetings.348 117. External security or national defence was the core task of the RAK, in particular in the context of the armed conflict with SRV and in relation to border disputes.349 Internal security comprised of the defence of the CPK rule against perceived enemies and spies within the armed forces, the Party and the country as a whole. 118. With the term “building the country”, the Party imposed upon the RAK a responsibility for furthering prosperity and increasing the people’s living standards,350 and also committing the armed forces to strive for the achievement of the four-year-plan’s goal of a rice paddy yield of three tons per hectare.351 In addition, each military unit was supposed to support itself, with the exception of troops at the border.352 C. CPK CENTRE MILITARY ORGANS Military Committee of the Central Committee 119. The Military Committee,353 or High-Level Military Committee,354 was a CPK Central Committee organ set up since at least 1970 and the existence of which was reaffirmed at the Fourth Party Congress.355 In line with the original functions of the CPK’s armed forces, combining security with purely military tasks, the Military Committee has also been described as the “Security Committee”356 or “Military and Security Committee”.357 Also attached to the Central Committee were assistants with military responsibilities.358 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. 34