EMBASSY VETTING FOR FOR SSP PRAKASH KUNWAR, SP

C O N F I D E N T I A L KATHMANDU 002895 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR SA/INS, INR, DRL/BA E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/22/2015 TAGS: MARR PHUM PREL NP SUBJECT: EMBASSY VETTING FOR FOR SSP PRAKASH KUNWAR, SP DEVENDRA SUBBA, AND COLONEL ANJU BASNYAT REF: A. KATHMANDU 2795 ¶B. 99 STATE 85337 Classified By: A/DCM Robert Hugins, Reasons 1.4 (b/d) ¶1. (U) This is an action message. Please see Para 4. ¶2. (C) In ref A, Post requested Department to determine whether it possessed credible evidence of gross human rights violations by Armed Police Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Prakash Kunwar (DOB: Mar. 10, 1959),Civil Police Superintendent of Police (SP) Devendra Subba (DOB: Sept. 2, 1964),and Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) Colonel Anuj Bahadur Basnyat (DOB: Oct. 12, 1961),who are scheduled to attend training in the U.S. beginning January 8, 2006. ¶3. (SBU) Post has completed its vetting process and found no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by SSP Kunwar, SP Subba, or Colonel Basnyat as of December 22, 2005. ¶4. (U) Action request: Provided Department has found no evidence of gross human rights violations by these individuals, Post at this time requests authorization to issue the required human rights certification statement(s). MILLARD