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569.
Furthermore, witnesses recall discovering an installation of metallic bowls or basins at the
height of a kneeling person connected to drilled holes in the wall designed to carry blood
out and away from the pagoda,2461 collecting outside in vats of coagulated blood.2462 This
device was used to drain the blood from prisoners whose throats had been cut,2463 and has
since been removed.2464 Inside the pagoda were chains that were used to prevent prisoners
from escaping.2465
570.
Whilst it is unclear as to the exact number of victims that were executed at Wat Kirirum
security centre, it is likely that it was very high; taking into account the various locations at
which bodies were deposited and the evidence of witnesses, it is likely that the victims
numbered in the thousands.
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571.
One (1) civil party was declared admissible with regards to Wat Kirirum Security
Center,2466 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). This civil party has
provided sufficient elements tending to establish prima facie personal harm as a direct
consequence of the crimes committed at Wat Kirirum Security Center.
North Zone Security Centre2467
ņĕĀБũ₤ĕʼnЊ₤НŠķРņЊļÐΧijʼnũ
Location and Establishment
572.
The North Zone security centre was located in Siem Reap town, Siem Reap, Oddar
Meanchey Province which according to the CPK's system of identifying administrative
boundaries was in Sector 106 New North Zone (801).2468 In February and March 1977 cadre
from the Southwest Zone arrived to replace the Sector 106 leadership including Secretary
[REDACTED] and Chief of sector security Yang Peou.2469 This led to the creation of the
New North Zone.2470 The creation of the New North Zone was announced by Nuon Chea
during a meeting in Sector 103 in late 1977.2471 Whilst North Zone security centre was
originally the security centre for former autonomous Sector 106, sometime after 17 April
1975, it functioned, once the zone was established, as the security centre for the whole
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