LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAR EAST-SOUTH ASIA ALUMNI

UNCLAS DHAKA 000328 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: Abul Hossain Rank: Brigadier General Unit: Army HQ Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: BA-2178 Date of Birth: March 15, 1962 Place of Birth: Patuakhali, Bangladesh Name: Abu Md Shafayat Hossain Rank: Lt. Colonel Unit: DGFI Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: BA-3225 Date of Birth: January 1, 1966 Place of Birth: Chittagong, Bangladesh Name: Shahjahan Sarker Rank: Air Commodore Unit: DGFI Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: BA-7044 Date of Birth: June 30, 1953 Place of Birth: Comilla, 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