Trial day 9

Ms. Oum Suphany, 68, a Civil Party from Phnom Penh, explained that when she was evacuated from Phnom Penh, she went to live with her future parents-in law in Trapeang Thum Tboung commune in Tram Kok District. She is the author of two books about her experience under the Khmer Rouge written based on secret diary she kept during the Khmer Rouge regime. She was questioned about the living conditions and her experience in the Tram Kok cooperatives, and about her claim of being forcibly married.

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.