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DE RUEHPF #0924 3190918
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 140918Z NOV 08
FM AMEMBASSY PHNOM PENH
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0112
INFO RUEHBK/AMEMBASSY BANGKOK 2634

UNCLAS PHNOM PENH 000924 
 
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 INVESTIGATION" COURSE IN BANGKOK 
 
REF:  STATE 93058 
 
¶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 
December 12, 2008.  The individuals listed below will attend ILEA 
Post Blast Investigation Course scheduled for January 12 - January 
23, 2009 with report date of January 11, 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:  CHANN, Hor (Male) 
DPOB:  Apr. 9, 1973; Kampong Cham 
POSITION:  Deputy Office Chief 
RANK: Major 
DEPT/UNIT: MOI, Kampong Cham provincial police 
 
NAME:  SEA, Sophonn (Male) 
DPOB:  Jul. 12, 1969; Phnom Penh 
POSITION:  Deputy Office Chief 
RANK: Lt. 
DEPT/UNIT: MOI, Kandal provincial police 
 
ALTERNATE: 
NAME:  VENG, Vannarith (Male) 
DPOB:  Oct. 10, 1958; Kandal 
POSITION:  Deputy Office Chief 
RANK: Capt. 
DEPT/UNIT: MOI, Kandal 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 
Investigation Course scheduled for January 12 - January 23, 2009 
with report date of January 11, 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 including 
sifting.  In addition, the course curriculum requires the students 
to participate in a guided practical exercise during which 
instructors guide the students through one of three bombing 
scenarios. 
 
¶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 December 12, 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