LEAHY VETTING FOR NON-LETHAL WEAPONS EXECUTIVE SEMINAR

UNCLAS DHAKA 000865 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR NON-LETHAL WEAPONS EXECUTIVE SEMINAR (NOLES) IN AUSTRALIA, SEPTEMBER 22-24, 2009 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Non-Lethal Weapons Executive Seminar (NOLES) in Australia, which will begin on September 22, 2009. Post vetting was completed on September 02, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by September 16, 2009 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: ¶1. Name: Md Kamrul Hasan Rank: Colonel Unit: Bangladesh Infantry Regimental Centre Unit Location: Dhaka Cantonment Personal Number: 2539 Date of Birth: 20 October 1963 Place of Birth: Jessore, Bangladesh ¶2. Name: Mohammed Ashraful Haq Rank: Captain Unit: BNS Haji Mohsin Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 470 Date of Birth: 01 March 1965 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