Mr MEAS Soeurn
Mr Meas Soeurn was born in 1952 in Phnov village, Rumchek subdistrict, Memot district, Tbong Khmun province and lives with his wife and children in Ta Khmau village, Ta Khmau commune, Ta Khmau district, Kandal province. He works in the Kandal provincial committee.
He testified in Case 002/02. Mr Meas stated that he joined the revolution unknowingly by running from his village into the forest in 1968. He kept fleeing until March 1970, then worked as a driver for his father, Meas Senghong, alias Chan, who, between 1970 and 1975, was deputy chief then chief of sector 21, then became the deputy chief of the East zone. Mr Meas became a member of the CPK in 1974. He got married in late 1976. After 1975, he attended a technical training session and became the deputy chief of a metal factory in the East zone, and did not see his father anymore. He often traveled between the Commerce office in Phnom Penh and his factory to transport material. According to Mr Meas, all East zone cadres including East zone leader Sor Phim were purged in May 1978. They were accused of treason and collusion with the Vietnamese. During his testimony, he gave the names of some of them. He explained that when a chief was falsely “sent to study sessions”, all his subordinates were too. His father kept his position, but went to Phnom Penh and disappeared a few months before January 1979. Mr Meas stated that at the time, his factory received letters from Phim instructing them to resist the arrests. He said that Phim believed that Son Sen was plotting against Pol Pot and Nuon Chea. Mr Meas also declared that there were some arrests prior to 1978 in his unit. He recalled one Vietnamese employee in his factory who got arrested.
He also explained that Cham people in the East zone were displaced and tried to rebel. According to him, the East zone forces fought back against the Centre in 1978.
- Witness acronym :
2-TCW-917
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- Cases : Case 002, Case 002/02,
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