LEAHY VETTING FOR THE ASIA PACIFIC MILITARY MEDICINE

UNCLAS DHAKA 000274 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR THE ASIA PACIFIC MILITARY MEDICINE CONFERENCE (APMMC XIX) IN SOUTH KOREA, APRIL 06 TO APRIL 10, 2009 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in The Asia Pacific Military Medicine Conference (APMMC XIX) in South Korea, which will begin on April 06, 2009. Post vetting was completed on March 19, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by March 30 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: ¶1. Name: Md Saidur Rahman Rank: Brigadier General Unit: Instr Surg, AFMC Unit Location: Dhaka Cantt Personal Number: BA-100305 Date of Birth: 21 August 1954 Place of Birth: Kishorgonj, Bangladesh 2 Name: Ahsan Kabir Khan Rank: Colonel Unit: ADMC, HQ 24 Inf Div Unit Location: Chittagong Cantt Personal Number: BA-100433 Date of Birth: 10 September 1955 Place of Birth: Barisal, 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