THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS

UNCLAS BANGKOK 001820 SIPDIS STATE FOR EAP/MLS, L/EAP, L/PM, PM/ISO, INR AND DRL PACOM FOR FPA CHRISTY, JIATF/WEST FOR COMMANDER BUSCH E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH SUBJECT: THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: JUSMAG - APCSS COUNTER-TERRORISM WORKSHOP, PHNOM PENH AUGUST 16 - 22, 2009 REF: A. JUSMAG MEMO DATED JULY 28, 2009 ¶B. 05 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) JUSMAG Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned workshop. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information at this time of gross violations of human rights by this person. Embassy Bangkok Political Officer, Gillian R. Apfel, is the verifying officer for the Embassy/Department of State. Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) Counter-Terrorism Workshop, Phnom Penh, August 16 - 22, 2009, 2009. Participant: Name: Saridchai Anakevieng DPOB: June 2, 1955, Bangkok, Thailand Title/Rank: Major General, Deputy Commissioner Unit: Police Region 10, Royal Thai Police Funding Agency: JUSMAG. JOHN