LEAHY VETTING FOR OUTBOARD MTR MT OVHL & INSTRUCTOR

UNCLAS DHAKA 001066 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR OUTBOARD MTR MT OVHL & INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT COURSE IN USA, JANUARY 12 TO MARCH 25, 2010 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Outboard MTR MT & OVHL & Instructor Development Course in USA, which will begin on January 12, 2010. Post vetting was completed on November 24, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by December 10, 2009 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: ¶1. Name: Md Muzibur Rahman Khan Rank: ERA-IV (CD III) Unit: BNS Agradoot Unit Location: Mongla Personal Number: 930719 Date of Birth: 14 October 1974 Place of Birth: Pirojpur, 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