002/19-09-2007-ECCC-OCIJ ЮŲŠ / No: D427 relatives were considered suspects, and secondly, subordinates of arrested cadres.1761 Combatants from various units and civil servants from many ministries and departments around Phnom Penh were held there, along with members of their families.1762 Moreover, former staff members of S-21 were sent to S-24 to be reeducated.1763 Duch stated that no foreigners (Vietnamese or Western) were sent to Prey Sar.1764 405. People sent to S-24 were first registered at a location along Street 360, near S-21. They were then taken to Prey Sar, where they were photographed and asked to provide a biography.1765 S-24 was divided into three “groups”: the first group was for the “better elements”; the second group was for fair elements; while the third unit was for “bad elements”, who were considered guilty of the worst behaviour and required the harshest tempering.1766 406. In S-24, detainees were forced to work in order to be reeducated. There were imprisoned and closely watched, both at work1767 and at night.1768 The detention conditions were harsher for detainees of third group, who were shackled at night and could not live in ordinary houses.1769 As for those lodged in houses,1770 it appears that some of them were locked up at night.1771 Duch maintained that those who were there were not “in prison” as it can be understood about those who were detained in S-21,1772 but admitted that the term “element” or “component” as used to describe people working in S-24 meant “detained and put to work” so that these people could no longer oppose the Party.1773 407. People detained in S-24, including women and children, worked in rice fields, fished, grew vegetables, carried out rice planting, built dykes and dug canals and ponds.1774 Several witnesses stated that they worked day and night,1775 seven days a week, and were not authorised to rest during working hours.1776 A normal workday at S-24 began at dawn – between 4 am and 7 am – and ended between 10 pm and midnight,1777 with two one-hour breaks for meals.1778 408. Former detainees indicated that they received two meals per day, at midday and in the evening.1779 Barring a few exceptions,1780 the prisoners stated that the food rations at S-24 were insufficient1781 even though Duch explained that he would hand over surplus rice to the Central Committee.1782 Duch stated that he could not change the rations as fixed and that, in his view, the practice of depriving the prisoners of food was part of a deliberate policy.1783 A number of detainees died as a result of the living and working conditions in Prey Sar.1784 409. Work was performed under the watchful eyes of guards1785 for whom efficiency was imperative and who did not tolerate slowness on the part of the detainees.1786 Prisoners who 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. 106