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UNCLAS PHNOM PENH 000518 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR PM-HDP, DRL, EAP/MLS, EAP/RSP AND S/GHD 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC KSTC PARM PREL KNNP CB
SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST TO ATTEND PARK PROTECTION 
TRAINING AT SEQUOIA AND KINGS NATIONAL PARK, THREE RIVERS, CA AUGUST 
18-28, 2009 
 
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 individuals 
selected for U.S. National Park Service training on Park Protection 
at Sequoia and Kings National Park, Three Rivers, CA, August 18-28, 
¶2009. 
 
NAME: Sok, Kheng 
DPOB: May 10, 1970; Takeo 
POSITION: Military Police Officer / Forest Ranger 
RANK: Warrant Officer 
DEPT/UNIT: Intervention Unit, Pailin Province Military Police, 
Ministry of Defense 
 
NAME: Say, Ratanak 
DPOB: December 4, 1968; Banteay Meanchey 
POSITION: Assistant to Office of Security Information 
RANK: Chief Warrant Officer 
DEPT/UNIT: Office of Security Information, Pailin Province Military 
Police, Ministry of Defense 
 
NAME: Yuok, Koeun 
DPOB: March 2, 1974; Siem Reap 
POSITION: Chief of Border Patrol 
RANK: First Lieutenant 
DEPT/UNIT: Border Police Office, Pailin Provincial Police, Ministry 
of Interior 
 
NAME: Thaong, Sy Yen 
DPOB: March 2, 1971; Battambang 
POSITION: Chief of Group Intervention 
RANK: Chief Warrant Officer 
DEPT/UNIT: Intervention Unit, Battambang Province Military Police, 
Ministry of Defense 
 
NAME: Buo, Sina 
DPOB: December 10, 1968; Siem Reap 
POSITION: Logistics Assistant 
RANK: Chief Warrant Officer 
DEPT/UNIT: Intervention Unit, Pailin Province Military Police, 
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 individuals. 
 
¶5. The above individuals will attend a course on national park law 
enforcement and protection scheduled on August 18-28 at Sequoia and 
Kings National Park in Three Rivers, CA.  Sequoia National Park 
Rangers will teach the course.  The Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation, 
which works with the individuals in Samlaut National Park in 
Cambodia, is funding the costs for travel and participation. 
 
¶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 contacts for Amembassy Phnom Penh are Juhani Platt at 
plattjm@state.gov or tel: 855-23-728-404, Jenae Johnson at 
Johnsonjd3@state.gov or tel: 855-23-728-118. 
 
RODLEY