LEAHY VETTING FOR MPAT TEMPEST EXPRESS-17 IN NEPAL, AUGUST

UNCLAS DHAKA 000782 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR MPAT TEMPEST EXPRESS-17 IN NEPAL, AUGUST 28 TO SEPTEMBER 04, 2009 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the MPAT Tempest Express -17 in Nepal, which will begin on August 28, 2009. Post vetting was completed on August 11, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by August 21, 2009 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: ¶1. Name: Md Mahfuz Alam Rank: Lieutenant Colonel Unit: 18 Engineers Battalion Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: BA - 3746 Date of Birth: 25 November 1959 Place of Birth: Naogaon, Bangladesh ¶2. Name: Sohel Uddin Pathan Rank: Major Unit: Army Headquarters Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: BA-5201 Date of Birth: 02 August 1975 Place of Birth: B Baria, 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 contact is Sydnee Hall, unclass e-mail: hallsh2@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