LEAHY VETTINGS FOR PEACE SUPPORT OPERATION INSTRUCTOR

UNCLAS DHAKA 000733 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTINGS FOR PEACE SUPPORT OPERATION INSTRUCTOR COURSE IN MALAYSIA ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Peace Support Operation Instructor Course to be held in August 2008. Post vetting was completed on July 10, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by July 17, 2008, to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: Name: Toyobur Rahman Rank/Unit: Flight Lieutenant, BAF Base Kurmitola, Dhaka DPOB: 25 November 1978, Dhaka Name: Sheikh Mohammad Kamrul Hassan Rank/Unit: Major, Armed Forces Division, Dhaka DPOB: 17 September 1973, Dhaka Name: Abu Zahid Rank/Unit: Major, Branch Rect Unit, Bogra DPOB: 1 September 1972, Khulna Name: Zia Mahmud Khan Rank/Unit: Major, Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operation Training, Rajendrapur DPOB: 10 June 1974, Narayangonj ¶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 David Arulanantham, unclass e-mail:arulananthamdp@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. Moriarty