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UNCLAS PHNOM PENH 000800 
 
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 INDIVIDUALS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 
KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA MILITARY COOPERATIVE TRAINING COURSE FOR ROYAL 
CAMBODIAN ARMED FORCES LABORATORY TECHNICIANS AT NAVAL MEDICAL 
RESEARCH UNIT NO. 2 PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA IN 6 MONTH INTERVALS FROM 
OCTOBER 2008 THROUGH FEBRUARY 2009. 
 
REF: 03 SECSTATE 034981 
 
¶1. This is an action cable. Please 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 the Kingdom of Cambodia Military Cooperative Program 
Applied Training Course for Royal Cambodian Armed Forces Laboratory 
Technicians at Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2 Phnom Penh, 
Cambodia in 6 month intervals from October 14, 2008 through 2009. 
 
--Midshipman Seng Tithkunthea, Date of Birth: 08 November 1973, 
Place of Birth: Watsophy Village, Swaypor Communce, Sanker District, 
Battambang Province, Cambodia POSITION: Laboratory Staff, Military 
Regional Hospital 5, Cambodia; 
 
--Second Lieutenant Tep Moeun, Date of Birth: 02 July 1970, Place of 
Birth: Boreykamakor Village, Chbarmon Commune, Chbarmon District, 
Kompong Speu Province, Cambodia POSITION: Diplomatic Medical 
Assistant, Military Regional Hospital 2, Kampong Cham, Cambodia. 
 
¶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. Individuals will attend the Kingdom of Cambodia Military 
Cooperative Program Applied Training Course for Royal Cambodian 
Armed Forces Laboratory Technicians at Naval Medical Research Unit 
No. 2 Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 6 month intervals from October 14, 
2008 through 2009. 
 
¶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 contact for Amembassy Phnom Penh are Carlyle Gollogly 
at carlyle@namru2.org.kh or tel: 855-23-728-000, or Janet Deutsch at 
deutschje@state.gov or tel: 855-23-728-118. 
 
CAMPBELL