撤離的人群包括金邊各醫院的全部病人,醫護人員堅持先為病人治理者,連同病人全遭射殺。沿途見西式流行打扮者,包括長髮,喇叭褲等,即時槍殺。赤柬拒絕為年老及傷殘人士提供運輸,也未有為民眾提供糧食。根據喬森潘的說法,金邊強遷的人口包括800多名外國人,他們先被送往法國驻柬埔寨大使馆(英语:Embassy of France, Phnom Penh),至月尾他們被悉數以卡車送往泰柬邊境,與外國人結婚的高棉女子獲准隨同丈夫離境,但与外國人结婚的高棉男子則不准與妻子離國。
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