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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08PHNOMPENH877 2008-10-30 04:42 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Phnom Penh 
VZCZCXYZ0003
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHPF #0877 3040442
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 300442Z OCT 08
FM AMEMBASSY PHNOM PENH
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0043
INFO RUEHBK/AMEMBASSY BANGKOK 2629
 
UNCLAS PHNOM PENH 000877 
 
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 "TACTICAL 
SAFETY AND PLANNING COURSE" IN BANGKOK--REQUEST RESPONSE BY NOVEMBER 
14, 2008 
 
REF:  STATE 92219 
 
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 
November 14, 2008.  The individuals listed below will attend ILEA 
Tactical Safety and Planning Course scheduled for December 8 - 
December 18, 2008 with report date of December 7, 2008 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:  SOK, Chanrithy(Male) 
DPOB:  Aug. 7, 1961; Phnom Penh 
POSITION:  Deputy Director 
RANK: Maj. Gen. 
DEPT/UNIT: MOI, Royal Police Academy 
 
NAME:  OUK, Kosal (Male) 
DPOB:  Apr. 1, 1974; Kandal 
POSITION:  Deputy Commissioner 
RANK: Lt. Col. 
DEPT/UNIT: Kampong Thom provincial police 
 
NAME:  CHANN, Sokkim (Male) 
DPOB:  Sep. 16, 1976; Kraties 
POSITION:  Deputy Office Chief 
RANK: Capt. 
DEPT/UNIT: Kratie provincial police 
 
ALTERNATE: 
NAME:  LIM, Vannak (Male) 
DPOB:  Jun. 15, 1969; Kampot 
POSITION:  Deputy Office Chief 
RANK: Capt. 
DEPT/UNIT: Sihanoukville 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 Tactical Safety 
and Planning Course scheduled for December 8 - December 18, 2008 
with report date of December 7, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand.  This 
nine-day course is intended for participants assigned to active drug 
enforcement units with operational duties.  The training areas 
include: drug raid planning and entry techniques, risk assessment, 
handcuffing techniques, defensive tactics, and vehicle containment 
and related arrests.  All classroom topics are enhanced with 
practical exercises and include the use of simulation weapons and 
the firearms training simulator. 
 
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 November 14, 2008. 
 
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. 
 
CAMPBELL