SAO Sarun

The Witness was CPK Secretary for Pich Chenda District, Mondulkiri Province, from 1972 to 1977, and was
promoted to Sector 105 Secretary in late 1977. He attended the meetings in May 1975 at which Pol Pot and
Nuon Chea instructed zone, sector, district and military division leaders on the CPK policies they were to
implement, including the closing of all pagodas and organization of cooperatives. He also participated in
political education sessions conducted by Nuon Chea and other senior leaders. As Sector 105 Secretary, the Witness was responsible for Phnom Kraol and other sector security offices, and reported directly to the Standing Committee on securitymatters and conditions in the sector. He authenticates and discusses telegrams he sent to Office 870, and states that either Pol Pot or Nuon Chea would respond to his telegrams and provide instructions.

He describes how he and other Sector 105 cadre (including the military commanders in charge of Phnom Kraol) travelled to Phnom Penh on several occasions to meet with Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Son Sen and Khieu Samphan and report on sector activities. (During those trips, some of the sector cadres who came with the Witness were arrested and sent to S-21.) The Witness describes instructions he received from the CPK senior leaders, including a directive from Pol Pot to conduct mass marriages and new policies on arrests and enemies presented in September 1978. He admits that he was informed by the Party Centre of local cadres implicated in S-21 confessions, that arrests were ordered by the Centre, and that he needed approval from the Centre to release prisoners accused of political offences, such as betraying the Party or collaborating with the Vietnamese.

  • Witness acronym :
    2-TCW-1012
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  • Cases : Case 002Case 002/02
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