LEAHY VETTING FOR Rapid Action Battalion(RAB)Human

UNCLAS DHAKA 000114

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR Rapid Action Battalion(RAB)Human
Rights(HR)Subject Matter Expert Exchange(SMEE),FEB 4 - 5 and FEB 9
- 10 2009


1. This is an action request. See para three.


2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in
the RAB HR SMEE Course in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will begin on
February 4, 2009. Post vetting was completed on February 2, 2009.
Post requests that vetting be completed by February 3, 2009 to
provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department
conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates:


1. Name: Syed Sydis Sakalayen
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Unit: RAB HQ, Operations Wing
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Previous Unit: CO, RAB-1
Personal Number:
Date of Birth: 23-08-1966
Place of Birth: Saudpur


2. Name: Md Shafiqur Rahman psc, GD(P)
Rank: Wing Commander
Unit: Director, Training & Orentation
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Previous Unit: Bangladesh AIR FORCE
Personal Number:
Date of Birth: 15-12-1962
Place of Birth: Dhaka


3. Name: Md Moyeenul haque
Rank: Commander
Unit: Director, Communications &MIS
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Previous unit: Bangladesh Navy
Personal Number:
Date of Birth: 01-12-1963
Place of Birth: Rangpur


4. Name: S M A K Azad
Rank: Commander
Unit: Director, Legal & Media Wing
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Previous Unit: Bangladesh Navy
Personal Number:
Date of Birth: 30-04-1967
Place of Birth: Kushtia


5. Name: Momtazur Rahman
Rank: Major
Unit: Deputy Director, Bomb Disposal
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Previous Unit: Bangladesh Army
Personal Number:
Date of Birth: 15-09-1975
Place of Birth: Mymensingh


6. Name: Ahmedul Kabir
Rank: ASP
Unit: Assistant Director, Intelligence
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Previous Unit: Bangladesh Police
Personal Number:
Date of Birth: 31-12-1975
Place of Birth: Dhaka


7. Name: Kazi Anis Morshed
Rank: Major
Unit: Deputy Director(HQ)Company, RAB HQ
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Previous Unit: Company Commander, Crime Prevention Special
Company, RAB 12
Personal Number:
Date of Birth: 05-02-1973
Place of Birth: Chittagong


8. Name: Md Abdul Halim
Rank: Squadron Leader
Unit: Deputy Director, MIS Wing
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Previous Unit: Bangladesh AIR FORCE
Personal Number:
Date of Birth: 01-11-1970
Place of Birth: Magura


9. Name: Most Farida Yeasmin
Rank: Additional SP
Unit: Senior Assistant Director, Investigation Wing


Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Previous Unit: Bangladesh Police
Personal Number:
Date of Birth: 08-07-1973
Place of Birth: Lalmonirhat


10. Name: Md Lokman Hossain
Rank: Major
Unit: MTO (Mechanical Transport Officer),Coy Commander-HQ Coy,
RAB-1
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Previous Unit: Bangladesh Army
Personal Number:
Date of Birth: 18-05-1979
Place of Birth: Comilla


11. Name: Abdul Momen
Rank: ASP
Unit: Operations Officer,RAB-1
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Previous Unit: Bangladesh Police
Personal Number:
Date of Birth: 18-11-1977
Place of Birth: Tangail


12. Name: Nafis Ahmed, GD(P)
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Unit: Squad Commander-2, CPC-1, RAB-4
Unit Location: Dhaka, Banglades
Previous Unit: Squad Commander-3, CPC-1, RAB-4
Personal Number:
Date of Birth: 08-12-1982
Place of Birth: Manikgonj


13. Name: S M Faisla
Rank: Major
Unit: Company Commander-1, HQ Company, RAB-2
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Previous Unit: Company Commander, CPC-1, RAB-2
Personal Number:
Date of Birth: 02-01-1978
Place of Birth: Dhaka


14. Name: Azim Ahmed, GD(P)
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Unit: Squad Commander-1, CPC-1, RAB-2
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Previous Unit: Bangladesh AIR FORCE
Personal Number:
Date of Birth: 04-06-1981
Place of Birth: Tangail



15. Name: B M Nuruzzaman, BPM
Rank: ASP
Unit: Squad Commander-2, CPC-2, RAB-3
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Previous Unit: Bangladesh Police
Personal Number:
Date of Birth: 16-10-1977
Place of Birth: Magura


16. Name: Md Mustafizur Rahman
Rank: Major
Unit: Coy Commander, Crime Prevention Special Company, RAB-3
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Previous Unit: Bangladesh Army
Personal Number:
Date of Birth: 02-12-1979
Place of Birth: Narayangonj


17. Name: Md Mohamud Hossain
Rank: Major
Unit: 2IC, RAB-4 BN HQ
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Previous Unit: Deputy Director, Intelligence Wing
Personal Number:
Date of Birth: 07-07-1971
Place of Birth: Dhaka


18. Name: Golam Muhammed Russell
Rank: Major
Unit: Company Commander, HQ Company, RAB-10
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Previous Unit: Compamy Commander, CPC-2, RAB-10


Personal Number:
Date of Birth: 10-12-1973
Place of Birth: Comilla


19. Name: Shampa Yesmin
Rank: ASP
Unit: Squad Commander-1, CPC-1, RAB-10
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Previous Unit: Quarter Master, RAB-10
Personal Number:
Date of Birth: 03-09-1979
Place of Birth: 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 these
individuals or any units they have served in have been involved in
gross violations of human rights.

Moriarty