002/19-09-2007-ECCC-OCIJ ЮŲŠ / No: D427 continued in 1975 and 1976.743 The April 1976 issue of Revolutionary Flag addresses the expulsion of Vietnamese people from Cambodian territory and states that “the great typhoon of our democratic revolution swept hundreds of thousands of these foreigners clean and expelled them from our country, got them permanently out of our territory”.744 214. From April 1977, the CPK intended to further this policy by destroying in whole or in part the Vietnamese group as such. This is evidenced by the April 1977 issue of the Revolutionary Flag magazine, which contains a direct call to kill all members of the Vietnamese community remaining in Cambodia. It called for the masses to “seek out” and “smash” them 745 and stated, “as for their old roots, some of whom still remain after we have smashed them to bits, it is imperative to whip-up the people to sweep more of them clean and make things permanently clean.746 Evidence of implementation of the policy is contained in communications from the zone level to the Centre.747 Former cadres also confirm the policy: wherever there were Vietnamese, “everyone had to be careful and to find them and to “sweep them up”.748 Indeed, from 1977 onwards,749 mass targeted killings of Vietnamese civilians occurred throughout Prey Veng750 and Svay Rieng751 in the East Zone. There is also evidence that Vietnamese civilians were targeted and killed throughout Cambodia as set out in the section of the Closing Order regarding Factual Findings of Crimes, in particular for the Northeast Zone752 and the North Zone.753 215. The CPK based their policy to destroy the Vietnamese group on the theory of matrilineal descent. If a Vietnamese man was married to a Cambodian woman, only the man would be killed and the woman and any children would be spared. However, if a Vietnamese woman was married to a Cambodian man, the woman and any children of the marriage would be killed, while the man would be spared. This practice seems to have been applied throughout Prey Veng754 and Svay Rieng755 as well as in other parts of the country.756 E. THE REGULATION OF MARRIAGE 216. One of the five policies was to implement and defend the CPK socialist revolution was through the regulation of marriage by whatever means necessary. The CPK forced couples to marry as it took control progressively over parts of Cambodian territory before 1975 and continued to do so until at least 6 January 1979. The Co-Investigating Judges are seized of such facts occurring throughout the Cambodian territory. 217. One of several objectives of this policy was to control the interaction between individuals, such that they were only permitted to marry and have sexual relations in accordance with 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. 58