HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE APCSS ASC

UNCLAS PHNOM PENH 000951 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR PM-HDP, DRL, EAP/MLS, EAP/RSP AND S/GHD E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE APCSS ASC 09-1 IN HAWAII, USA FROM JANUARY 22-MARCH 11, 2009 REF: 03 SECSTATE 034981 ¶1. This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. ¶2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. ¶3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetting for the following individual selected for the APCSS ASC 09-1 in Hawaii, USA from January22-March 11, 2009. --BG Sao Chandara, Date of Birth: 5 August 1964, Place of Birth: Takeo Province, POSITION: Deputy Director of Admin Affairs, General Secretariat, Ministry of National Defense. ¶4. U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the above individual. ¶5. Individual will attend the APCSS ASC 09-1 in Hawaii, USA from January 22-March 11, 2009. ¶6. Action request: Please verify whether the Department possesses any credible information that the individual named above has been implicated in gross violations of human rights. ¶7. Points of contact for Amembassy Phnom Penh are Major Wayne Turnbull at turnbullpw@state.gov or tel: 855-23-728-219, or Janet Deutsch at deutschje@state.gov or tel: 855-23-728-118. RODLEY