LEAHY VETTING FOR PANDEMIC INFLUENZA SEMINAR IN CAMBODIA,

UNCLAS DHAKA 000935 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR PANDEMIC INFLUENZA SEMINAR IN CAMBODIA, OCTOBER 12-15, 2009 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in Pandemic Influenza Seminar in Cambodia, which will begin on October 12, 2009. Post vetting was completed on September 30, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by October 10 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: ¶1. Name: Mohammad Golam Mustafa Rank: Brigadier General Unit: Director General Medical Services Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 100257 Date of Birth: 01 November 1953 Place of Birth: Pabna, Bangladesh ¶2. Name: Md Saiful Islam Rank: Brigadier General Unit: Armed Forces Medical College Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 100285 Date of Birth: 12 July 1953 Place of Birth: Tangail, Bangladesh ¶3. Name: Dewan Masudul Haque Rank: Brigadier General Unit: Combined Military Hospital Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 100384 Date of Birth: 17 August 1955 Place of Birth: Pabna, Bangladesh ¶4. Name: SK Ruhul Amin Rank: Colonel Unit: Combined Military Hospital Unit Location: Mymensingh Personal Number: 100489 Date of Birth: 18 April 1958 Place of Birth: Satkhira, 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 Acting Human Rights Officer is Enrique Gallego, unclass e-mail: GallegoER@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