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

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B10/1C

20 April 2004

The Chief Executive
All Authorized Institutions

Dear Sir / Madam,

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

Further to my letter of 5 March, I am writing to inform you that the US Government has recently added 10 individuals to the list issued under the US Executive Order 13224. Also, the addition of five aliases (Helpers of Islam, Partisans of Islam, Ansar al-Sunna Army, Jaish Ansar al-Sunna and Ansar al-Sunna) and the correction of one alias (from Kurdistan Taliban to Kurdish Taliban) for the Ansar al-Islam designation have been made. The relevant information can be found on the website of the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Treasury (http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/eotffc/ofac/sanctions/terrorism.html) under the headings of "Names of individuals designated on 18 March 2004" 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 2 April 2004 (G.N. 2143) and 8 April 2004 (G.N. 2274) respectively. Compared with the list attached to my previous letter, the names of 11 individuals associated with the Al-Qaida organisation have been added as items 4, 6, 23, 38, 52, 77, 105, 121, 131, 155, and 158 of Part C. In addition, information on an individual (Abdul Manaf KASMURI) under item 102 of Part C and an entity (Al-Haramain Foundation (Indonesia)) under item 18 of Part D has been updated. The updated list is available in the Government's website at (http://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.

Attachment (MS Word, 400KB)