002/19-09-2007-ECCC-OCIJ ЮŲŠ / No: D427 308. The subdistrict made regular verbal and written reports to the district regarding the implementation of the work plan.1261 Similarly, the district made monthly reports about the implementation of the work plan to the sector.1262 This vertical chain of reporting on the implementation of the work plan at the bases extended all the way up to the Party Centre.1263 Further, at least two witnesses recall the Zone Secretary, Ta Mok, visiting their cooperatives.1264 309. A former member of the Sre Ronong subdistrict Committee recalls attending a meeting in 1977 or 1978 at which he was given instructions on “the purges of enemies within and outside the ranks, who had tendency for the Lon Nol people and as for the people in the party rank if they did not have good tendency, they were also purged…The enemies in the rank included cadres; as for the enemies outside the rank, they were ordinary civilians”. 1265 He also recalls reading copies of the magazine Revolutionary Flag which were distributed by the district to certain people in the subdistrict. The Number 6, June 1977 edition of this magazine contained a letter from the Central Committee to various districts, including Tram Kok, awarding them the Red Flag Award for “achieving the tasks of defending the country and continuing and building socialist revolution with the speed of the great leap forwards in consecutive years”.1266 In this letter, the Central Committee sets out a comprehensive and detailed work plan for the latter half of 1977 and includes instructions on defending the country, building socialism and achieving three to six tons of rice per hectare, per year. Working and Living Conditions 310. Cooperative members were not free to travel without permission.1267 One witness states that he was only allowed to meet his family every ten days.1268 Another witness states that he was permitted to see his family once every 20 days.1269 Children who worked in the Pen Meas cooperative, Samrong subdistrict, were rarely permitted to see their parents and siblings.1270 People were unable to speak freely to each other.1271 Further, CPK cadre sometimes moved base people and new people out of their houses to live in different areas within the same district.1272 311. Witnesses performed a variety of labour depending on the sub-units in which they were placed. Working hours generally appear to have been approximately 7am to midday and 1pm to 5pm, except during harvest when people worked longer hours. However, at least three witnesses from Trapeang Thom Tboung, Samrong, and Nheng Nhang subdistricts recall working a third shift from 6pm until 10pm at night.1273 Pregnant women were also made to work.1274 Those working in rice paddy fields were given a certain number of hectares to 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. 81

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