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disseminate this decision995 and some CPK troops were told in advance of the attack on
Phnom Penh,996 however others were not informed until they received the order to remove
people from the city.997
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261.
Six hundred and sixty four (664) civil parties were declared admissible in the context of the
movement of the population from Phnom Penh (Phase 1)998, 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 in the
context of the movement of the population from Phnom Penh (Phase 1).
Movement of the Population from the Central (Old North), Southwest, West and East Zones
(Phase 2)999
ŁũĬų₤с◦БŲЮе ĝŪĠďĄĕ ĮБķРņЊļÐ˝₧
ʼn Ų (ΧijʼnũČ₤с), ĕЊũijБ, Ġ₤Ć Еņ ĕЊ₣ĠРĵх៖ řе₧˝сŁŲ◦БƯ
Time and Location1000
262.
Around September 19751001 and continuing into 19761002 and 1977,1003 a large number of
persons were moved from the central and southwestern parts of the country, which applying
the CPK’s system of identifying administrative boundaries, encompassed the Central and
Southwest Zones and parts of the West and East Zones: the provinces of Kandal, Kampong
Thom, Takeo, Kampong Speu, Kampong Chhnang and Kampong Cham.1004 Most of them
were sent to what the CPK then designated Sector 106 (Siem Reap Sector), Sector 103 (Preah
Vihear) and the Northwest Zone (including locations in today’s provinces of Battambang,
Pursat and Banteay Meanchey)1005 or sent to what the CPK designated the Central (Old North)
Zone (today’s Kampong Thom and parts of Kampong Cham provinces).1006
263.
Furthermore, there is also evidence of other movements of population over the same period of
time, such as from1007 or within1008 the East Zone (Prey Veng and Svay Rieng), to Kratie
(Sector 505),1009 within the Central (Old North) Zone1010 or within Battambang Province.1011
Most witnesses state that people were moved several times1012 before reaching their final
destination, including a number of the persons who had initially been moved from Phnom
Penh.1013
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