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Cablegate: Leahy Vetting for Fbinaa Asia Pacific Chapter Retainer

Published: Sun 10 Jan 2010 08:18 AM
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DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG
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SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR FBINAA ASIA PACIFIC CHAPTER Retainer
Conference to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 19-24 July,
2010.
1. This is an action request. See para three.
2. The following candidate has been selected for FBINAA ASIA PACIFIC
CHAPTER Retainer Conference to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
from 19-24 July, 2010. Post requests that vetting be completed by
02/01/2010 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests
the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate:
Name : Mr. Tawfique Mahbub Chowdhury,
Rank : Superintendent of Police, Bangladesh Police;
DPOB : 12/19/1970, Sylhet, Bangladesh
Permanent address: Village: Mohidpur
Police Station: Zakigonj, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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
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