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provided sufficient elements tending to establish prima facie personal harm as a direct
consequence of the crimes committed at Trapeang Thma Worksite.
1st January Dam Worksite1456
ŁũŢťĕ◦еĕĠс ơ-ņ˝Ŭ
Location and Establishment
351.
The 1st January Dam worksite was established to construct an irrigation system.1457 The dam
was built in order to form a reservoir blocking the river Stoeung Chinit, covering areas in
Baray District and Santuk Districts of the current Kampong Thom Province,1458 which
according to the CPK system of identifying administrative boundaries were in Sectors 42 and
43 of the North Zone,1459 subsequently redesignated Central (Old North) Zone, most likely
whilst the dam was under construction. 1460
352.
A series of canals were dug to irrigate the rice fields. The main artery was 20 metres wide
leading to smaller canals of two to three metres wide.1461 The 1st January Dam was linked by
the main artery to a second dam known as the “6th January Dam”.1462 The construction of the
1st January Dam started in late 1976 or early 19771463 and was completed by the time the
construction of the 6th January Dam started in early 1978.1464
Functioning
Structure and Personnel
353.
The construction of the 1st January Dam was under the responsibility of the Central (Old
North) Zone Committee, the Secretary of which was Ke Pork,1465 also a member of the CPK
Central Committee.1466 As a result, communication between the Zone and the Centre went
through Ke Pork. Duch states that Ke Pork would go to Phnom Penh to attend the annual
meeting of the heads of the Zones or when summoned by Pol Pot.1467 A number of witnesses
mention the importance of communicating by telegram.1468
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The overall plan for the 1st January Dam was given by the Zone Secretary Ke Pork1469 to the
Zone Public Works Office, which was initially headed by Sao.1470 Sao was assisted by a group
of technicians that included [REDACTED] and Pech Sokha.1471 Both [REDACTED] and
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