6 August 2004
The Chief Executive
All Authorized Institutions
Dear Sir / Madam,
Further to my
letter of 6 July, I am writing to inform you that under the US
Executive Order 13224, the US Government has recently added two new
aliases - Continuity Army Council and Republican Sinn Fein - for
the Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA), which was designated
under the Order
on 31 December 2001. The relevant information can be found in
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 heading of "Details of Specially Designated Global
Terrorist [SDGT] Entities".
Meanwhile, an updated list of 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 23 July (G.N. 4594) and 30 July (G.N. 4780) respectively. Compared with the list attached to my previous letter, the following eight individuals and six entities associated with the Al-Qaida organisation have been added to the List C and List D respectively:
Name |
Item |
|
Mohamed Ben Mohamed ABDELHEDI |
6 |
|
Aqeel Abdulaziz AL-AQIL |
20 |
|
Hassan Abdullah Hersi AL-TURKI |
38 |
|
Kamel DARRAJI |
73 |
|
Mohamed EL MAHFOUDI |
80 |
|
Imed Ben Bechir JAMMALI |
103 |
|
Habib Ben Ahmed LOUBIRI |
117 |
|
Chabaane Ben Mohamed TRABELSI |
159 |
Name |
Item |
|
Al-Haramain & Al Masjed Al-Aqsa Charity Foundation |
19 |
|
Al-Haramain: Afghanistan Branch |
20 |
|
Al-Haramain: Albania Branch |
21 |
|
Al-Haramain: Bangladesh Branch |
22 |
|
Al-Haramain: Ethiopia Branch |
23 |
|
Al-Haramain: The Netherlands Branch |
28 |
In addition, information on an individual, Youssef ABDAOUI (item 5 of List C), has been updated.
The updated list is available on the Government's website (http://www.info.gov.hk/eindex.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