HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST TO ATTEND PARK PROTECTION

UNCLAS PHNOM PENH 000518

SIPDIS

DEPARTMENT FOR PM-HDP, DRL, EAP/MLS, EAP/RSP AND S/GHD

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC KSTC PARM PREL KNNP CB
SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST TO ATTEND PARK PROTECTION
TRAINING AT SEQUOIA AND KINGS NATIONAL PARK, THREE RIVERS, CA AUGUST
18-28, 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 individuals
selected for U.S. National Park Service training on Park Protection
at Sequoia and Kings National Park, Three Rivers, CA, August 18-28,

2009.

NAME: Sok, Kheng
DPOB: May 10, 1970; Takeo
POSITION: Military Police Officer / Forest Ranger
RANK: Warrant Officer
DEPT/UNIT: Intervention Unit, Pailin Province Military Police,
Ministry of Defense

NAME: Say, Ratanak
DPOB: December 4, 1968; Banteay Meanchey
POSITION: Assistant to Office of Security Information
RANK: Chief Warrant Officer
DEPT/UNIT: Office of Security Information, Pailin Province Military
Police, Ministry of Defense

NAME: Yuok, Koeun
DPOB: March 2, 1974; Siem Reap
POSITION: Chief of Border Patrol
RANK: First Lieutenant
DEPT/UNIT: Border Police Office, Pailin Provincial Police, Ministry
of Interior

NAME: Thaong, Sy Yen
DPOB: March 2, 1971; Battambang
POSITION: Chief of Group Intervention
RANK: Chief Warrant Officer
DEPT/UNIT: Intervention Unit, Battambang Province Military Police,
Ministry of Defense

NAME: Buo, Sina
DPOB: December 10, 1968; Siem Reap
POSITION: Logistics Assistant
RANK: Chief Warrant Officer
DEPT/UNIT: Intervention Unit, Pailin Province Military Police,
Ministry of 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 individuals.


5. The above individuals will attend a course on national park law
enforcement and protection scheduled on August 18-28 at Sequoia and
Kings National Park in Three Rivers, CA. Sequoia National Park
Rangers will teach the course. The Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation,
which works with the individuals in Samlaut National Park in
Cambodia, is funding the costs for travel and participation.


6. Action request: Please verify whether the Department possesses
any credible information that the individuals named above have been
implicated in gross violations of human rights.


7. Points of contacts for Amembassy Phnom Penh are Juhani Platt at
plattjm@state.gov or tel: 855-23-728-404, Jenae Johnson at
Johnsonjd3@state.gov or tel: 855-23-728-118.

RODLEY