Lists of names for suspicious account reporting – US Executive Order and Government Gazette

Our Ref:

B10/1C

24 October 2003

The Chief Executive
All Authorized Institutions

Dear Sir / Madam,

Lists of names for suspicious account reporting - US Executive Order and Government Gazette

Further to our letter of 17 September, I am writing to inform you that under the US Executive Order 13224, the US Government has recently added three new lists of names as well as aliases to some designated foreign terrorist organisations, namely, Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Harakat ul-Mujahideen, Kahane Chai, Mujahedin-e Khalq, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, al-Qa'ida, and Revolutionary Nuclei. These information can be found in the website of the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Treasury (www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/sanctions/terrorism.html) under the respective headings of "Names of individuals designated on 23 September 2003", "Name of entity designated on 14 October 2003", "Name of individual designated on 16 October 2003" and "Details of Specially Designated Global Terrorist [SDGT] Entities".

Meanwhile, an updated list specifying terrorists and terrorist associates designated by the United Nations Security Council Committee was separately published under the United Nations (Anti-Terrorism Measures) Ordinance and the United Nations Sanctions (Afghanistan) Regulation in the Gazette on 10 October 2003 (G.N. 6846) and 17 October 2003 (G.N. 6982) respectively. Compared with the list attached in our previous letter, the names of twenty-six individuals associated with the AI-Qaida have been added into Part C of the new list under the items 1, 3, 7, 11, 16, 18, 25, 56, 64, 72, 80, 83, 89, 90, 95, 97, 99, 100, 107, 110, 111, 114, 115, 123, 126 and 128 while the names of nine individuals associated with the Taliban have been deleted from Part A as they were found in duplication. New identifying information such as the date and place of birth have also been added onto some individuals listed out in Part A.

The new list is available in the Government's website at www.info.gov.hk/pd/content/index.htm. A copy of the list in MS Word format is also attached to facilitate update of your electronic database.

You are reminded to check the designated names against your records and report any transactions or relationships you have or have had with the named individuals or entities to the Joint Financial Intelligence Unit and the HKMA. You are also reminded to browse the above websites regularly for the latest information.

Yours faithfully,

William A. Ryback
Deputy Chief Executive

Encl.

Gazette list (MS Word, 361KB)