Case 002 Witnesses, experts and Civil Parties

Witnesses, experts and Civil Parties who have appeared in Case 002. Click on photo for larger version.

Mr. TOIT Thoeurn Transcript of appeal hearing in Case 002/01 – 06 July 2015
Mr. Sâm Sithy

Witness, SAM Sithy, provided an extremely credible and detailed first-hand account of the execution of his father, a former Lon Nol soldier, and the massacre of several families, including his own. 

Transcript of appeal hearing in Case 002/01 – 03 July 2015
SAO Van alias (SAO Pok alias SAO Po) Transcript - Apeal hearing Case 002/01 - 2 July 2015
Mr. SAR Sarin

Mr. SAR Sarin told the Trial Chamber he had joined the revolutionary movement at age 13, when he started working in a propaganda unit.

After having been questioned by Civil Party lawyers, Mr. Sar said he would only continue his testimony if he was granted protection measures for the rest of his life. The Chamber ruled that it did not have jurisdiction to grant the requested measure and excused Mr. Sar from further testimony. On 23 July 2013, Mr. Sar was asked if he had changed his mind. He maintained that he would refuse to testify unless he was granted the previously requested protection measures.

Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002 - 29 April 2013, Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002 - 23 July 2013
Mr. Stephen Heder

Mr. Heder is an American scholar who was called to testify about the books he has authored and interviews he has conducted with the Accused and other cadres relevant to the regime of Democratic Kampuchea.

He previously worked in the ECCC’s offices of the Co-Prosecutors and then of the Co-Investigating Judges. Since the Khmer Republic period in the early 1970s, he had worked as a journalist and researcher in Cambodia, and continued to cover Cambodia even after he left the country in April 1975. Seven Candidates for Prosecution: Accountability for the Crimes of the Khmer Rouge.

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MS. EK Hen

Ms Ek was a member of the Khmer Rouge military before being placed in mo-bile working units after the formation of Democratic Kampuchea. She answered questions about the disappearances of associates from her workplace, the de-nouncement of people as traitors and the presence of the accused at her worksites.

Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002 - 03 July 2013
Mr. SUM Alat

Mr. SUM was a Lon Nol soldier in Pursat province when Khmer Rouge seized nationwide control in April 1975. He was questioned related to the alleged executions at Tuol Po Chrey.

Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002 - 03 July 2013, Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002/01 - 04 July 2013
Mr. LEV Lam

Mr. LEV Lam said he was a militia man in Kampong Tralach Leu district/ District 12 from 1972-1975.

Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002 - 02 July 2013
Mr. PECH Chim

Mr. PECH Chim told the Trial Chamber he joined the revolutionary movement in 1970 in District 105.

He was a former ‘deputy of the district front’ in Takeo province, which included in its jurisdiction the administration of the security centre Krang Tachang. He answered on distinctions between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ people and the executions of the latter, the role of the accused at study sessions, and his observations whilst working at the security centre.

[Old version] Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002 - 01 July 2013
Mr. NOU Mao

Mr Nou, 78, worked in military and then as a commune official. He testified about the study sessions by senior KR leaders such as Chou Chet and Ta Mok, the treatment of Khmer Viet Minh, and the opinions of senior KR leaders regarding the evacuation of Phnom Penh six months prior to its occurrence.

Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002 - 19 June 2013, Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002 - 20 June 2013
Mr. LENG Chhoeung

Mr. LENG Chheoung told the Trial Chamber that he joined the revolutionary movement in late 1973. Mr Leng, 56, worked as a driver for Khieu Samphan from mid-1978 until the Vietnamese invasion in 1979. He testified about the movements of Khieu Samphan during the last few months of the Democratic Kampuchea regime.

Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002 - 17 June 2013
Mr. SIM Hao

Mr. Sim HAOtold the Trial Chamber he joined the revolutionary movement as a soldier in 1972, an that he arrive in Phnom Penh in 1975 three days after the city had fallen.

Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002 - 12 June 2013, Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002 - 13 June 2013
Mrs. SO Socheat

Mrs. SO Socheat is Khieu Samphan's wife.

Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002 - 10 June 2013, Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002 - 12 June 2013, Transcript of hearing of substance in Case 002 - 11 June 2013
Mr. TUN Soeun

Mr. TUN Seoun is Khieu Samphan's son-in-law and he was questioned about the character of the Accused.

Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002 - 10 June 2013
Mr. SOK Roeur

Mr. SOK told the Trial Chamber that he used to be Khieu Samphan's bodyguard. He was called to testify primarily about Khieu Samphan's character.

Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002 - 07 June 2013
Mr. Schanberg Sydney

Mr. Schanberg is a former New York Times correspondent who was in Phnom Penh when the Khmer Rouge took control on 17 April 1975. He testified via video-link from New York.

Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002 - 05 June 2013, Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002 - 06 June 2013, Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002 - 07 June 2013
Dr. CHHIM Sotheara

Dr. CHHIM Sotheara provided expert testimony about his mental health work with Khmer Rouge survivors.

Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002 - 05 June 2013, Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002 - 06 June 2013
Mrs. BAY Sophany

Mrs. BAY testified during the victims impact hearings about the harm she has suffered. She spoke about the suffering she and her family endured as a consequence of the evacuation of Phnom Penh. She described the death of all her three children as well as her experience working in cooperatives.

Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002 - 04 June 2013
Mr. SOEUN Sovandy

Mr. SOEUN testified during the victims impact hearings about the harm he has suffered. He detailed the hardships he faced after being evacuated from Phnom Penh, separated from his parents and put into a forced labour camp. He asked the accused persons why the Khmer Krom minority group were targeted, whether they were involved in the implementation of the regime policy, and whether they would have acted differently in hindsight

Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002 - 04 June 2013
Ms. SENG Sivutha

Ms. SENG testified during the victims impact hearings about the harm she has suffered. She described how she was treated working in the cooperatives after the evacua-tion of Phnom Penh, where she was beaten regularly and lost her eyesight. She questioned the accused as to why children were put to work and why they did not ensure enough food was available.

Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002 - 04 June 2013
Mr. YIN Roum Doul

Mr. YIN Roum Doul testified during the victims impact hearing about the harm he has suffered. He testified about his experiences after being evacuated from Phnom Penh to a cooperative, where he was separated from his family and sent to a “children’s unit” where he was badly beaten, tortured. 

Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002 - 30 May 2013
Mr. NOU Hoan

Mr. NOU Hoan testified during the victims impact hearings about the harm he has suffered. He sescribed the pain he has felt since his daughter, nephews and cousins were removed during the night and ‘smashed’ by Khmer Rouge soldiers more than 30 years ago.

Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002 - 30 May 2013
Ms. PO Dina

Ms. PO Dina testified during the victims impact hearings about the harm she has suffered. She told the Trial Chamber how her husband “disappeared,” son starved to death, and how she herself was beaten severely, imprisoned and tortured after refusing a forced marriage.

Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002 - 30 May 2013
Ms. SOPHAN Sovany

Ms. SOPHAN Sovany testified during the victims impact hearings about the harm she has suffered. She described the misery resulting from her entire family being killed during Democratic Kampuchea. She recalled traumatic events such as wit-nessing the killing of a pregnant woman with a hoe.

Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002 - 30 May 2013
Ms. HUO Chantha

Ms. HUO Chantha testified during the victims impact hearings about the harm she has suffered. She described both the immediate and long-term effects of being forcefully evacuated and being placed in a labour camp, having lost her husband to a heart condition acquired as a result of the conditions he faced in such a camp.

Transcript of hearing on the substance in Case 002/01 - 29 May 2013

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