002/19-09-2007-ECCC-OCIJ ЮŲŠ / No: D427 365. People knew they would be arrested if they did anything wrong or did not follow orders,1566 such as “stealing” potatoes,1567 not meeting work quotas, being sick, “lazy” or complaining.1568 366. Most witnesses knew people who disappeared from the 1st January Dam worksite or heard of disappearances.1569 Disappearances happened mainly at night.1570 Workers would be called to attend meetings or to study,1571 or were tied up1572 and taken away into trucks or oxcarts, in effect disappearing.1573 The reasons for the disappearances were not always known1574 and people did not dare to ask since they were afraid of exposing themselves.1575 Loudspeakers were played during the killings, in an attempt to cover the screams of the victims and thus to conceal the fate of persons disappeared.1576 Many of the people who disappeared had perceived links to the former Khmer Republic regime,1577 were Vietnamese or were people accused of having Vietnamese tendencies,1578 being “new people”,1579 or being Cham.1580 “Base people” were also amongst those who disappeared.1581 367. Some witnesses saw the arrests,1582 others heard of people being killed or sent to Security Centres.1583 One witness saw one person being killed.1584 The nearby Wat Baray Choan Dek Pagoda1585 was known as a place where people were taken to be killed,1586 but people were also killed in other locations.1587 *** 368. Forty five (45) civil parties were declared admissible with regards to the 1st January Dam Worksite,1588 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 at the 1st January Dam Worksite. Srae Ambel Worksite1589 ŁũŢťĕЯŪ₤ΒеĠЊŲ Location and Establishment 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. 95