LEAHY VETTING FOR NESA EXECUTIVE SEMINAR ALUMNI SYMPOSIUM

UNCLAS DHAKA 000941 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR NESA EXECUTIVE SEMINAR ALUMNI SYMPOSIUM IN MOROCCO, OCTOBER 18-21, 2009 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the NESA Executive Seminar Alumni Symposium in Morocco, which will begin on October 18, 2009. Post vetting was completed on October 4. Post requests that vetting be completed by October 15 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate: ¶1. Name: Md. Awlad Ali Fakir Rank: Super Intendent Unit: Bangladesh Police Unit Location: Fardipur Personal Number: 6895000032 Date of Birth: 10 December 1962 Place of Birth: Gopalganj ¶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