LIBERIA: DEATH OF M. MOUSSA CISSE AND RESOLUTION

UNCLAS MONROVIA 000665 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR AF/W-PDAVIS AND INR/AA-BGRAVES, USUN FOR DTESSLER E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL LI SUBJECT: LIBERIA: DEATH OF M. MOUSSA CISSE AND RESOLUTION 1521 REF: JUNE 1 DAVIS-EIRIZ E-MAIL ¶1. (SBU) M. Moussa Cisse a/k/a Mamadee KAMARA, former Chief of Presidential Protocol for former President Charles Taylor, who was an individual subject to the measures imposed by paragraph 4 of Security Council Resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia, has died in Liberia. JFK Hospital Medical Records and Statistics Department Director Gregory Mennoh told Political Assistant and Consular Investigator June 5 that Cisse died at the JFK Hospital on April 15, 2007. Mennoh said Cisse's family has been provided with his death certificate. Mennoh said Embassy could see a copy of the death certificate only if it sent a letter to the JFK Hospital Administrator making such a request. Please advise if Washington would like Embassy to send such a letter. Ministry of Health Director of Vital Statistics Victoria Saye told Consular Investigator June 1 and 4 that no death certificate for Moussa Cisse exists at the Ministry of Health. ¶2. (SBU) Mustafa Mohammed Sheriff, caretaker at the Salafiya Mosque located on Front Street in Monrovia, told Political Assistant and Consular Investigator June 5 that he helped wash and prepare Cisse's body for burial. Sheriff said Cisse was buried at the Muslim Cemetery located on Old Road in Monrovia. The cemetery caretaker, Mohammed Jalloh, confirmed that Cisse was buried there. ¶3. (SBU) Embassy has been unable to confirm whether Cisse left a last will and testament or who his next of kin may be. Mazel