Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09PHNOMPENH77
2009-01-30 04:13:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Phnom Penh
Cable title:
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "POST BLAST INVESTIGATIONS" COURSE IN BANGKOK
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UNCLAS PHNOM PENH 000077
SIPDIS
SECSTATE FOR INL/C/CJ
BANGKOK FOR ILEA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR, MASS, MOPS, PHUM, PREL, CB
SUBJ: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "POST
BLAST INVESTIGATIONS" COURSE IN BANGKOK
REF: STATE 1167
UNCLAS PHNOM PENH 000077
SIPDIS
SECSTATE FOR INL/C/CJ
BANGKOK FOR ILEA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR, MASS, MOPS, PHUM, PREL, CB
SUBJ: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "POST
BLAST INVESTIGATIONS" COURSE IN BANGKOK
REF: STATE 1167
1. This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six.
2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S.-sponsored
training programs.
3. Post requests a Leahy vetting response from the Department by
February 20, 2009. The individuals listed below will attend ILEA
Post Blast Investigations Course scheduled for March 23 - April 3,
2009 with a report date of March 22, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. To
comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S.-sponsored security
assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh conducted local
human rights vetting for the following individuals selected for
ILEA-funded training:
NOMINEES:
NAME: SUY, Vuthy (Male)
DPOB: Jan. 7, 1972; Phnom Penh
POSITION: Assistant
RANK: Maj.
DEPT/UNIT: MOI, Intelligence Dept.
NAME: LIM, Vannak (Male)
DPOB: Jun. 15, 1969; Kampot
POSITION: Deputy Office Chief
RANK: Capt.
DEPT/UNIT: Sihanoukville Provincial Police
ALTERNATES:
NAME: THOR, Sokvy (Male)
DPOB: May 3, 1960; Kampong Thom
POSITION: Section Chief
RANK: Capt.
DEPT/UNIT: Kampong Thom Provincial Police
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-mentioned individuals.
5. The individuals listed above will attend ILEA Post Blast
Investigations Course scheduled for March 23 - April 3, 2009 with
report date of March 22, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. This course
will provide the participants with hands-on training by requiring
them to reconstruct components of an explosive device recovered
through various investigative techniques.
6. Please verify whether the Department possesses any credible
information that the individuals named above have been implicated in
gross violations of human rights. Post requests a Leahy vetting
response from the Department by February 20, 2009.
7. Point of contact for Amembassy Phnom Penh is Janet Deutsch at
deutschje@state.gov or tel: 855-23-728-118, or Alicia Gale at
galean@state.gov or tel: 855-023-728-110.
RODLEY
SIPDIS
SECSTATE FOR INL/C/CJ
BANGKOK FOR ILEA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR, MASS, MOPS, PHUM, PREL, CB
SUBJ: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "POST
BLAST INVESTIGATIONS" COURSE IN BANGKOK
REF: STATE 1167
1. This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six.
2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S.-sponsored
training programs.
3. Post requests a Leahy vetting response from the Department by
February 20, 2009. The individuals listed below will attend ILEA
Post Blast Investigations Course scheduled for March 23 - April 3,
2009 with a report date of March 22, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. To
comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S.-sponsored security
assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh conducted local
human rights vetting for the following individuals selected for
ILEA-funded training:
NOMINEES:
NAME: SUY, Vuthy (Male)
DPOB: Jan. 7, 1972; Phnom Penh
POSITION: Assistant
RANK: Maj.
DEPT/UNIT: MOI, Intelligence Dept.
NAME: LIM, Vannak (Male)
DPOB: Jun. 15, 1969; Kampot
POSITION: Deputy Office Chief
RANK: Capt.
DEPT/UNIT: Sihanoukville Provincial Police
ALTERNATES:
NAME: THOR, Sokvy (Male)
DPOB: May 3, 1960; Kampong Thom
POSITION: Section Chief
RANK: Capt.
DEPT/UNIT: Kampong Thom Provincial Police
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-mentioned individuals.
5. The individuals listed above will attend ILEA Post Blast
Investigations Course scheduled for March 23 - April 3, 2009 with
report date of March 22, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. This course
will provide the participants with hands-on training by requiring
them to reconstruct components of an explosive device recovered
through various investigative techniques.
6. Please verify whether the Department possesses any credible
information that the individuals named above have been implicated in
gross violations of human rights. Post requests a Leahy vetting
response from the Department by February 20, 2009.
7. Point of contact for Amembassy Phnom Penh is Janet Deutsch at
deutschje@state.gov or tel: 855-23-728-118, or Alicia Gale at
galean@state.gov or tel: 855-023-728-110.
RODLEY