Trial day 35

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  • Public attendance : 389 persons

Witnesses/experts/civil parties

Mr. Riel Son

Mr. Riel Son, 77, from Tramkak district, explained that in late 1976 he was assigned as deputy chief of the district 105 hospital. During his testimony he described the conditions in which the patients were treated and the general organization of the hospital. He stated that in the majority of cases people suffered from malnutrition and malaria and that in the months before the fall of Pol Pot there were 10 to 20 patients dying every day from severe malnutrition. Mr.