Mapping Project 1999 to Kratie province.

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Mapping Project 1999 to Kratie province.

English

Cambodia

29 March 1999

Kratie province

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13 pages Computer typing (Tx)

Snoul district on 30th june

About Kratie province

Conclusion and Evaluation

The research conducted on our second trip to Chhlong and Snuol Districts, Kratie Province,
was a partial success. We achieved a variety of good results.

The administrative relationship between our team and the sub-district, district, and provincial
officials was good. We received detailed information about Khmer Rouge prisons, our two
target districts, and provincial regulations. Khmer Rouge activity was not a concern on this
trip, but the possibility of bandits was worrying. In May 1999, there were five or six
robberies along National Road #7; travelers had been shot and relieved of their belongings.
The trip by water from Chhlong District to the province was no problem. It is one hundred
four kilometers from Snuol district to Chhlong district. The road from Snuol District to
Chhlong District running through Memut and Mambe, known as Sam Linh Road, was
isolated and too quiet. That can be worrying.

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Collecting information on the execution sites from district and provincial officials was
problematical. We got some information on the location of the prisons and execution sites,
but we did not get detailed information on the number of victims, mass grave pits or identities
of witnesses. Nonetheless, we carried on with our research quite easily, because the
provincial governor had informed the district chiefs, and district officials in turn told the
village administrators to be ready for us.

The roads in the districts and sub-districts were generally easy to travel, but some of our
target sites were thirty to fifty kilometers from easily accessible places in the sub-districts,
particularly Damrei Phong, Sre Lngaok and Roung Damrei in Chhlong District. Sometimes,
there were no good routes and no people, but plenty of bandits. Consequently, we found it
impossible to reach some locations. It terms of environmental conditions, we worked well in
the morning because there was no rain at that time of day, but it tended to start getting dark
around noon, and the light would fade. Sometimes, therefore, we could not work in the
afternoon. Both districts are heavily forested.

The execution site at Trapeang Chhouk in Khsoem Sub-district, Snuol District was five
kilometers from National Road #7. We could not reach that location due to the lack of roads
and poor security conditions. We did not want to meet any bandits. Facing these barriers, we
were able to get to only two sites.

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