Trial day 10

Ms. Chou Koemlân, 64, explained that she went with her family to Tram Kok District when evacuated from Phnom Penh in 1975. She described the living and working conditions in Tram Kok district. She was questioned about her experiences, the arrest of “new people” and marriage ceremonies. She was also questioned about her claim that she had seen senior Khmer Rouge leaders, among them Khieu Samphan and Nuon, visiting the cooperatives while she was there, as well as the arrest of her husband and other people in the cooperative, and the treatment of Vietnamese families.

Mr. Em Phoeung, a monk, 77, explained that when he was evacuated from Phnom Penh he returned to his home town, at Ang Rokar Pagoda in Tram Kok district. The witness testified that the monks were forced to engage in construction works and that in 1976 he was instructed to leave the monkhood without any Buddhist ceremony. He wa also questioned about forced marriages and his refusal to get married.