NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR CAPTAIN

C O N F I D E N T I A L KATHMANDU 002794 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR SA/INS, INR, DRL/BA E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/14/2015 TAGS: MARR PHUM PREL NP SUBJECT: NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR CAPTAIN ROHIT GURUNG REF: 99 STATE 85337 Classified By: DCM Elisabeth I. Millard, Reasons 1.4 (b/d) ¶1. (U) This is an action message. Please see Para 5. ¶2. (C) Post has received a DOD Unified Command request for the following IMET-funded training: International Officer Intelligence Course, December 31, 2005 through June 5, 2006, and Intelligence in Combating Terrorism, June 5-16, 2006, at Ft. Huachuca, AZ. ¶3. (C) The Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) personnel nominated to participate in this training is Captain Rohit Gurung. ¶4. (U) The Embassy has begun its vetting process to determine if there is credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by Captain Gurung. ¶5. (C) Action request: At this time, Embassy requests (per reftel),that Department determine whether it possesses credible evidence of gross human rights violations by Captain Gurung. Embassy is not at this time requesting Department's authorization to issue the required human rights certification statements. We will follow up this message with the results of our vetting process before requesting such authorization. MORIARTY