EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR

UNCLAS BANGKOK 001179

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

STATE FOR EAP/BCLTV, L/PM, PM/ISO, INR AND DRL
PACOM FOR FPA HUSO

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
SUBJECT: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
EXERCISE BALANCE TORCH (BT) 05-4B.

REF: A. STATE 027698

B. BANGKOK 602

C. STATE 021314

D. 03 STATE 34981


1. (U) As authorized per Ref A, U.S. Embassy Bangkok
verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible
information of gross violations of human rights by any of the
Thai units listed in Para 2, as of this date. Embassy
Bangkok's Political Officer Robert J. Clarke is the verifying
officer for the Department of State.


2. (SBU) Selected units are:

ROYAL THAI BORDER PATROL POLICE (BPP)
- 4th Region BPP Headquarters Combat Patrol Unit
- 4th Region BPP Headquarters Sub-Division
- BPP Region IV Headquarters, Songkhla
- BPP Battalion, Sub-Division 41, Region IV, Chomphon
- BPP Battalion, Sub-Division 42, Region IV, Nakhon Si
Thammarat
- 4th BPP Sub-Division 43
- BPP Battalion, Sub-Division 44, Region IV, Yala
- BPP Training Battalion, Sub-Division 8, Region IV, Nakhon
Si Thammarat
- BPP Training Battalion, Sub-Division 9, Region IV,
Songkhla

PROVISIONAL NARCOTICS SUPPRESSION BUREAU
- NSB Division 1, Sub-Division 5 - Surat Thani, Phuket,
Songkhla, Narathiwat
- NSB Division 2, Sub-Division 5 - Chompun, Krabi, Hat Yai

OFFICE OF NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD (ONCB)
- Regional Narcotics Control Center (South)

ROYAL THAI MARINE POLICE (RTMP)
- Royal Thai Marine Police, Sub-Division 3, Surat Thani
- Royal Thai Marine Police, Sub-Division 4, Songkhla
- Royal Thai Marine Police, Sub-Division 5, Phuket
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