A POLICEMAN told the High Court that during his six-week stint at Sek Kong detention centre, many home-made weapons were found between bunks during searches for arms.
The weapons included bamboo poles, metal pegs and iron skewers sharpened to a point.
When asked if the Vietnamese would be charged with possessing offensive weapons, Senior Inspector Tam Chi-wah said it would be difficult to prove who they belonged to.
He was testifying before Mr Justice Gall and a jury at the trial of 14 men aged between 19 and 37 who face charges of murder and rioting on February 3 last year when a hut was set ablaze, killing 24 people, half of them children.
The judge, jury and counsel visited the detention centre on Monday to see the hut where the incident took place last Lunar New Year.
The defendants were south Vietnamese while those killed were north Vietnamese who had volunteered to return to Vietnam and were awaiting repatriation.