16 April 2004
To: Chief Executive of all authorized insurance institutions
carrying on long term business
Dear Sir/Madam,
United Nations Sanctions (Afghanistan) Regulation ("Regulation")
& United States Executive Order 13224 ("Executive Order")
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.
Yours sincerely,
(Ros K. T. Lam)
for Commissioner of Insurance
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