Cablegate: Human Rights Vetting for Individual to Attend The

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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 INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE
CIVIL-MILITARY LIAISON OFFICERS COURSE (CMLO) AT THE CENTER OF
CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS (CCMR), FEBRUARY 15-26, 2010 IN MONTEREY,
CALIFORNIA, USA

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
training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human
rights vetting for the following individual to attend the
Civil-Military Liaison Officers Course (CMLO) at the Center for
Civil-Military Relations (CCMR), February 15-26, 2010 in Monterey,
California, USA.

NAME: LORY, Kimsoeun (Male)
DPOB: October 5, 1975; Battambang
RANK/POSITION: Colonel; Assistant to Director General
DEPT/UNIT: National Center for Peacekeeping Operation, Mine and ERW
Clearance

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) at the Center for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR), February
15-26, 2010 in Monterey, California, USA.

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 turnbullpw@state.gov or tel: 855-23-728-219 or Jenae
Johnson at Johnsonjd3@state.gov or tel: 855-23-728-118.

RODLEY

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