TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF IIRO

S E C R E T JAKARTA 008088 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/28/2016 TAGS: EFIN KTFN KISL PTER PREL ETTC ID SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF IIRO REF: SECSTATE 105209 Classified By: Economic Officer Tobias Glucksman. Reason: 1.4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (S) As requested in reftel, we met with Department of Foreign Affairs Directorate of International Security and Disarmament Fajar Wirawan Harijo on June 27 to pre-notify him of the USG,s intention to request on July 20 UN 1267 designation of the Philippines and Indonesia branches of the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) and one individual affiliated with IIRO. We encouraged the GOI to consider co-sponsoring the designation and to use identified information to begin seeking assets, if any, of IIRO Indonesia, IIRO Philippines and Abd Al Hamid Al-Mujil in preparation for their UN 1267 listing. ¶2. (S) Harijo said he would pass the identifier information and statements of case to Directorate of International Security and Disarmament Hassan Klieb for his consideration. Harijo parroted the GOI,s now standard response to our proposal for new designations: The GOI will not stand in the way of other countries efforts to designate individuals through the UN 1267 process, but it will not co-sponsor or play a leading role in those designations. We requested that he forward identifier information to appropriate law enforcement officials noting that investigations into assets should occur prior to July 20 if possible. ¶3. (S) A U.S.-led designation of an Islamic Organization, particularly a charity, runs the risk of public backlash from Islamic groups and opponents of the Yudhoyono Administration who seek to embarrass it. In light of this risk, and the very thin statement of case against IIRO-Indonesia, post requests press talking points on the proposed designations as soon as possible and certainly well before the Jun 20 scheduled request to the UN. SILVER