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Viewing cable 09PHNOMPENH183, HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ONE INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE CIVIL

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09PHNOMPENH183 2009-03-23 01:48 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Phnom Penh 
VZCZCXYZ0002
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHPF #0183 0820148
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 230148Z MAR 09
FM AMEMBASSY PHNOM PENH
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0523
INFO RUEKJCS/CJCS WASHDC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC
RHHMUNA/USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI//JC/J3/J4/J45/J5/FPA//
RHHMUNS/COMSOCPAC HONOLULU HI//SOJ32
 
UNCLAS PHNOM PENH 000183 
 
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 ONE INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE CIVIL 
MILITARY LIAISON OFFICERS COURSE (CMLO) APRIL 13-24, 2009 AT THE 
HALIM AIR FORCE BASE IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA 
 
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 individual 
selected for the Civil-Military Liaison Officers Course (CMLO) April 
13-24, 2009 at the Halim Air Force Base in Jakarta, Indonesia. 
 
NAME: Prak Sidaravuth (Male) 
DPOB: 30 July 1960, Kandal 
POSITION: Chief of Secretariat 
RANK: Lieutenant Colonel 
DEPT/UNIT: Department General of Policy and Foreign Affairs, 
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 individual. 
 
5. Individual will attend the Civil-Military Liaison Officers Course 
(CMLO) April 13-24, 2009 at the Halim Air Force Base in Jakarta, 
Indonesia. 
 
6. Action request: Please verify whether the Department possesses 
any credible information that the individual named above has been 
implicated in gross violations of human rights. 
 
7. Points of contacts for Amembassy Phnom Penh are Major Wayne 
Turnbull at turnbullpw@state.gov or tel: 855-23-728-219, or Janet 
Deutsch at deutschje@state.gov or tel: 855-23-728-118. 
 
RODLEY