LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAR EAST-SOUTH ASIA ALUMNI

UNCLAS DHAKA 000309 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAR EAST-SOUTH ASIA ALUMNI SEMINAR, APRIL 2008 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Near East-South Asia Alumni Seminar to be held in Athens, Greece, from April 6-9, 2008. Post vetting was completed on March 11, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by March 25, 2008, to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: Name: Abu Md Shafayet Hossain Rank: Colonel Unit: Army HQ Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: BA-3225 Date of Birth: January 1, 1966 Place of Birth: Chittagong, Bangladesh Name: Imam Hossain Rank: Commodore Unit: Bangladesh Naval Ship (BNS) Haji Mohsin Unit Location: N/A Personal Number: BN No. 212 Date of Birth: January 1, 1959 Place of Birth: Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh ¶3. Post requests that the Department of State authorize post to make the following statement to the relevant DOD units: "Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the above named individual or unit." ¶4. Post Human Rights Officer is Luke Zahner, unclass e-mail:zahnerlv@state.gov. ¶5. COMMENT: Embassy has no information to indicate this individual or any unit he has served in has been involved in gross violations of human rights. Pasi