002/19-09-2007-ECCC-OCIJ ЮŲŠ / No: D427 people who had escorted the prisoners to Kraing Ta Chan were not permitted to enter the compound.2164 500. Men, women, and children were all detained at Kraing Ta Chan, including whole families.2165 Eight witnesses were former detainees.2166 Witnesses remember that most of the detainees were new people originating from Phnom Penh.2167 However, “base people”, former Khmer Republic soldiers, CPK cadre, Chinese, Vietnamese and Cham also contributed to the population.2168 With regard to the Chams, witnesses who lived in Tram Kok District said that Chams were treated like everyone else.2169 On the other hand, Vietnamese who lived in the area were initially sent back to Vietnam but those who remained were later arrested and executed, probably at Kraing Ta Chan.2170 It is unclear how many prisoners were detained at Kraing Ta Chan between April 1975 and January 1979. The capacity of the prison is also unknown. However, estimates can be made from various sources. A report from Kraing Ta Chan to the district committee for the month of July 1977 states that 18 new prisoners arrived that month, making a total of 81 detainees. Of these detainees, two died of disease and 39 were executed, leaving a total prisoner population of 40.2171 A similar report for the month of November 1977 puts the total prisoner population at 85.2172 Another report from [REDACTED] to the district committee advises that up until the date of the report [date unknown], 15,000 detainees had been executed.2173 501. The evidence suggests that prisoners were divided into two categories: serious and light offenders.2174 However, a former guard states that there was no such distinction.2175 Everyone was shackled day and night unless they were put to work.2176 When prisoners wanted to relieve themselves they would use a coconut shell which would be passed from person to person to the end of the row. If someone spilled faeces or urine, they would be beaten with a bamboo club. In each detention house there were two rows of people, approximately 20 to 25 per row.2177 Men, women and children were all detained in the same room in different rows.2178 Any child over ten years of age was shackled.2179 Small children were placed on the belly of their mothers.2180 Prisoners were not permitted to move about freely.2181 502. Between one and three prisoners died every day in each building.2182 Reasons included starvation, disease, vermin or being beaten.2183 A former guard attests that there was no medical facility at Kraing Ta Chan and that sick prisoners were simply left to die.2184 Several District 105 documents record prisoners dying of illness.2185 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. 130