28 December 2001

To: Chief Executive of all authorized insurance institutions
      carrying on long term business

Dear Sir/Madam,

I refer to my previous correspondence on the above Executive Order issued by the US President.

The US Government designated a sixth list of 5 names under the Executive Order on 20 December 2001. The list includes organizations and individuals which provide financial or material support to, financial or other services to or in support of, or are otherwise associated with, the Taliban or Usama bin Laden/Al-Qaida, as well as the Kashmiri terrorist group Lashkar-E-Tayyiba. The list of these 5 names is attached at Annex.

You should review your records carefully to see whether you have had, or currently have, accounts, transactions or dealings with those 5 entitie/individuals. If such review reveals any suspicious accounts, transactions or dealings, you should promptly notify the Joint Financial Intelligence Unit in order to ensure that you fulfil your obligations under section 25A of the Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance in the usual way.

As the designated entities and individuals under the Executive Order may be updated by the US Government from time to time, you are also advised to browse the website of the Office of Foreign Assets Control under the US Treasury (www.ustreas.gov/ofac) regularly for the latest information.

Should you have any enquiries, please contact Mr. William Hsieh at 2867 4529 or Ms Carol Hui at 2867 2551.

Yours sincerely,

(Benjamin Tang)
Commissioner of Insurance

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