Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09DHAKA340
2009-04-05 10:46:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Dhaka
Cable title:
LEAHY VETTING FOR NESA EXECUTIVE SEMINAR IN USA, APRIL 21
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UNCLAS DHAKA 000340
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR NESA EXECUTIVE SEMINAR IN USA, APRIL 21
TO MAY 14, 2009
UNCLAS DHAKA 000340
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR NESA EXECUTIVE SEMINAR IN USA, APRIL 21
TO MAY 14, 2009
1. This is an action request. See para three.
2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in
the NESA Executive Seminar in USA, which will begin on April 21,
2009. Post vetting was completed on April 02, 2009. Post requests
that vetting be completed by April 16, 2009 to provide sufficient
time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy
vetting for the following candidate:
1. Name: S.M. Shafiuddin Ahmed
Rank: Major General
Unit: Commander, 52 Infantry Brigade
Unit Location: Sylhet
Personal Number: 2496
Date of Birth: 1 December 1963
Place of Birth: Khulna
2. Name: Khandaker Toufiquzzaman
Rank: Commodore
Unit: Civil and Military Relations Directorate
Unit Location: Armed Force Division, Dhaka
Personal Number: 221
Date of Birth: 3 May 1960
Place of Birth: Tangail
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.
PASI
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR NESA EXECUTIVE SEMINAR IN USA, APRIL 21
TO MAY 14, 2009
1. This is an action request. See para three.
2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in
the NESA Executive Seminar in USA, which will begin on April 21,
2009. Post vetting was completed on April 02, 2009. Post requests
that vetting be completed by April 16, 2009 to provide sufficient
time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy
vetting for the following candidate:
1. Name: S.M. Shafiuddin Ahmed
Rank: Major General
Unit: Commander, 52 Infantry Brigade
Unit Location: Sylhet
Personal Number: 2496
Date of Birth: 1 December 1963
Place of Birth: Khulna
2. Name: Khandaker Toufiquzzaman
Rank: Commodore
Unit: Civil and Military Relations Directorate
Unit Location: Armed Force Division, Dhaka
Personal Number: 221
Date of Birth: 3 May 1960
Place of Birth: Tangail
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.
PASI