LEAHY VETTING FOR PASOLS PLANNING GROUP (PPG) IN CEBU,

UNCLAS DHAKA 000432 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR PASOLS PLANNING GROUP (PPG) IN CEBU, PHILIPPINES, MAY 26 TO MAY 29, 2009 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in Pasols Planning Group (PPG) in Philippines, which will begin on May 26, 2009. Post vetting was completed on April 29, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by May 10 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate: ¶1. Name: Md Abdus Salam Khan Rank: Brigadier General Unit: Commandant, Central Ordnance Depot Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 2225 Date of Birth: 01 January 1962 Place of Birth: Dhaka, 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