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UNCLAS DHAKA 000309
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DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAR EAST-SOUTH ASIA ALUMNI
SEMINAR, APRIL 2008
1. This is an action request. See para three.
2. The following candidates have been selected for
participation in the Near East-South Asia Alumni Seminar to
be held in Athens, Greece, from April 6-9, 2008. Post
vetting was completed on March 11, 2008. Post requests that
vetting be completed by March 25, 2008, to provide sufficient
time for processing. Post requests the department conduct
Leahy vetting for the following candidates:
Name: Abu Md Shafayet Hossain
Rank: Colonel
Unit: Army HQ
Unit Location: Dhaka
Personal Number: BA-3225
Date of Birth: January 1, 1966
Place of Birth: Chittagong, Bangladesh
Name: Imam Hossain
Rank: Commodore
Unit: Bangladesh Naval Ship (BNS) Haji Mohsin
Unit Location: N/A
Personal Number: BN No. 212
Date of Birth: January 1, 1959
Place of Birth: Brahmanbaria, 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 Luke Zahner, unclass
e-mail:zahnerlv@state.gov.
5. COMMENT: Embassy has no information to indicate this
individual or any unit he has served in has been involved in
gross violations of human rights.
Pasi