Further
to my letter of 2
March 2004, I am writing
to advise you that an updated
list of names designated
by the relevant United Nations
Security Council Committee
was published in the Gazette
( G.N. 2143 and G.N. 2274)
on 2 April 2004 and 8 April
2004 in accordance with
the Ordinance and the Regulation
respectively. The new list
is available on the Government
website (www.info.gov.hk/pd/content/index1.htm)
under Gazette: Government
Notice published on 2 April
2004 and 8 April 2004. To
facilitate the update of
your electronic database,
a copy of the list in MS
Word format is also available
on the Insurance Authority's
website (www.info.gov.hk/oci/framework/index04.htm).
Compared
with the names advised in
my letter of 2
March 2004, 11 individuals
have been added on the list
of individuals associated
with the Al-Qaida (List
C) as follows :
Item
No. : 4, 6, 23, 38, 52,
77, 105, 121, 131, 155,
158
In addition,
the information relating
to an individual, "Adbul
Manaf Kasmuri" under
item no. 102 of List C and
relating to an entity, "Al-Haramain
Foundation (Indonesia)" under item no. 18 on the
list of entities associated
with Al-Qaida (List D) have
been updated respectively.
Meanwhile,
the US Government has designated
an additional name under the
Executive Order. The information
can be found in the website
of the Office of Foreign Assets
Control of the US Treasury www.ustreas.gov/offices/eotffc/ofac/sanctions/terrorism.html
under the heading of "Name
of Individual Designated"
on 18 March 2004.
In addition,
relating to an entity, Ansar
al-Islam, designated under
the heading of "Details
of Specially Designated
Global Terrorist [SDGT]
Entities", the US Government
added five new aliases and
amended the name of a former
aliase on 22 March 2004.
Detailed information is
set out in Annex.
You should
review your records carefully
to see whether you have
had, or currently have,
accounts, transactions or
dealings with the named
individuals or entities.
If such review reveals any
suspicious accounts, transactions
or dealings, you should
promptly notify the Joint
Financial Intelligence Unit.You
are also reminded to browse
the above websites regularly
for the latest information.
Should
you have any enquiries,
please contact Mr. William
Hsieh at 2867 4529 or Miss
Connie Cheng at 2867 4815.
