LEAHY VETTING FOR BANGLADESH OUTREACH PROGRAM "APCSS CIVIL

UNCLAS DHAKA 001018 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR BANGLADESH OUTREACH PROGRAM "APCSS CIVIL MILITRAY RELATIONS WORKSHOP" 16 - 19 NOVEMBER, 2009 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in BANGLADESH OUTREACH PROGRAM" APCSS CIVIL MILITRAY RELATIONS WORKSHOP" in Bangladesh, which will begin on November 16, 2009. Post vetting was completed on November 05, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by November 15 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: ¶1. Name: Md. Ashfakul Islam Rank: Colonel Unit: Ministry of Defense Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: BA - 2258 Date of Birth: 02 Feb 1961 Place of Birth: Bogra, Bangladesh ¶2. Name: M Naim Hassan Rank: Air Cdre Unit: AFD Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: BA-7319 Date of Birth: 30 June 1960 Place of Birth: Bramhanbari, Bangladesh ¶3. Name: Tehsin Hasan Rank: Brig Gen Unit: Army HQ Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 2135 Date of Birth: 12 March 1959 Place of Birth: Dhaka, Bangladesh ¶4. Name: Md. Latifur Rahman Rank: Brig Gen Unit: Army HQ Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 2219 Date of Birth: 23 Dec 1961 Place of Birth: Bangladesh ¶5. Name: ASM Abdul Baten Rank: Commodore Unit: BNS Haji Mohsin Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 185 Date of Birth: 25 Feb 1959 Place of Birth: Mymenshig, Bangladesh ¶6. Name: Mir Imdadul Haque Rank: Captain Unit: BNS Haji Mohsin Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 99 Date of Birth: 12 Aug 1962 Place of Birth: Karachi, Pakistan ¶7. Name: M Syed Hossain Rank: Group Captain Unit: AHQ Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 7922 Date of Birth: 04 Jan 1965 Place of Birth: Pakistan ¶8. Name: M Yousuf Ali Rank: Group Captain Unit: AHQ Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 7953 Date of Birth: 16 June 1964 Place of Birth: Dhaka, Bangladesh ¶9. Name: Golam Mawla Bhuiyan Rank: Colonel Unit: Bangladesh Rifles Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 2455 Date of Birth: 07 Dec 1960 Place of Birth: Comilla, Bangladesh ¶10. Name: A Z M S K Pathan Rank: Captain Unit: BG Coast Guard Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: BN-216 Date of Birth: 01 July 1959 Place of Birth: Noakhali, Bangladesh ¶11. Name: Dr. Mohammad Sadiqur Rahman Rank: DIG Unit: Railway Range, Bangladesh Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 5986000777 Date of Birth: 28 Aug 1959 Place of Birth: Bangladesh ¶12. Name: ABM Tayeful Islam Rank: Brig Gen Unit: Bangladesh Ansar Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 1740 Date of Birth: 26 July 1958 Place of Birth: Bogra, Bangladesh ¶13. Name: Mohammad Mahbubul Hasan Rank: Brig Gen Unit: NSI Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 1746 Date of Birth: 25 July 1957 Place of Birth: Bangladesh ¶14. Name: Nizamuddin Ahmed Rank: Captain Unit: DGFI Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 246 Date of Birth: 31 December 1960 Place of Birth: Madaripur, Bangladesh ¶15. Name: Sohel Ahmed Rank: Brig Gen Unit: NDC Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 2465 Date of Birth: 19 Nov 1963 Place of Birth: Bangladesh ¶16. Name: Dewan Mujibur Rahman Rank: Commodore Unit: DSCSC Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 160 Date of Birth: 07 Nov 1956 Place of Birth: Dhaka, Bangladesh ¶17. Name: A B M Golam Mustafa Rank: Brig Gen Unit: DGDP Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 1924 Date of Birth: 1 Jan 1959 Place of Birth: 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 David Arulanantham, unclass e-mail:arulananthamdp@state.gov. ¶5. COMMENT: Embassy has no information to indicate these individuals or any units they have served in have been involved in gross violations of human rights. Moriarty