US embassy cable - 05BANGKOK1179

UNCLAS BANGKOK 001179 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
STATE FOR EAP/BCLTV, L/PM, PM/ISO, INR AND DRL 
PACOM FOR FPA HUSO 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: MASS, PREL, PHUM, TH, HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING 
SUBJECT: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR 
EXERCISE BALANCE TORCH (BT) 05-4B. 
 
REF: A. STATE 027698 
     B. BANGKOK 602 
     C. STATE 021314 
     D. 03 STATE 34981 
 
  1.  (U)  As authorized per Ref A, U.S. Embassy Bangkok 
verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible 
information of gross violations of human rights by any of the 
Thai units listed in Para 2, as of this date.  Embassy 
Bangkok's Political Officer Robert J. Clarke is the verifying 
officer for the Department of State. 
 
2.  (SBU)  Selected units are: 
 
ROYAL THAI BORDER PATROL POLICE (BPP) 
-   4th Region BPP Headquarters Combat Patrol Unit 
-   4th Region BPP Headquarters Sub-Division 
-   BPP Region IV Headquarters, Songkhla 
-   BPP Battalion, Sub-Division 41, Region IV, Chomphon 
-   BPP Battalion, Sub-Division 42, Region IV, Nakhon Si 
Thammarat 
-   4th BPP Sub-Division 43 
-   BPP Battalion, Sub-Division 44, Region IV, Yala 
-   BPP Training Battalion, Sub-Division 8, Region IV, Nakhon 
Si Thammarat 
-   BPP Training Battalion, Sub-Division 9, Region IV, 
Songkhla 
 
PROVISIONAL NARCOTICS SUPPRESSION BUREAU 
-   NSB Division 1, Sub-Division 5 - Surat Thani, Phuket, 
Songkhla, Narathiwat 
-   NSB Division 2, Sub-Division 5 - Chompun, Krabi, Hat Yai 
 
OFFICE OF NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD (ONCB) 
-   Regional Narcotics Control Center (South) 
 
ROYAL THAI MARINE POLICE (RTMP) 
-   Royal Thai Marine Police, Sub-Division 3, Surat Thani 
-   Royal Thai Marine Police, Sub-Division 4, Songkhla 
-   Royal Thai Marine Police, Sub-Division 5, Phuket 
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