LEAHY VETTING FOR GARUDA SHIELD FINAL CONF IN JAKARTA,

UNCLAS DHAKA 000083 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR GARUDA SHIELD FINAL CONF IN JAKARTA, JANUARY 27-29, 2009 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Garuda Shield Final Conference in Jakarta, which will begin on January 27, 2009. Post vetting was completed on January 15, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by January 26, 2009 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate: ¶1. Name: Md. Mahbubur Rahman Rank: Major Unit: HQ 24 Divisions Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: BA - 4639 Date of Birth: 01 January 1973 Place of Birth: Naogaon, 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