THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS

UNCLAS BANGKOK 000511 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR EAP/BCLTV, L/EAP, L/PM, PM/ISO, INR AND DRL E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH SUBJECT: THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: POLICE CAPTAIN THATCHAPONG SARAWANANGKOOL REF: A. NAS E-MAIL DATED 4 JAN. 2006 ¶B. STATE 021314 - GUIDANCE ¶C. 03 STATE 34981 - GUIDANCE ¶1. (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. ¶2. (U) NAS has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Pol.Capt. Thatchapong SARAWANANGKOOL, Economic Crime Investigation Division, Royal Thai Police Division, Bangkok, who has been selected to attend a course for the Academy on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights at the US Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, VA from Feb. 21 - 24, ¶2006. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by this person. Embassy Bangkok Political/Military Officer, Mark B. Lambert, is the verifying officer for the Embassy/Department of State. BOYCE