THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS

UNCLAS BANGKOK 001844 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 - TRANSNATIONAL SECURITY COOPERATION, APCSS, HAIWAII, AUGUST 10 - 14, 2009 REF: A. JUSMAG MEMO DATED JULY 31, 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 course. 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. Course: Transnational Security Cooperation, Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, Hawaii, August 10 - 14, 2009. Participant: Name: Sanyalak Rungsampan DPOB: April 14, 1954, Bangkok, Thailand Title/Rank: Special Captain Unit: Joint and Combined Exercise Planning Office, Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters Funding Agency: JUSMAG. JOHN