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SUPERVISION ANd EXAMInATION SECtOr OFFiCE oF tHe dePUtY GoVERNor

CIRCULAR-LETTER

TO ALL BANkS And NoN-BaNK FinaNCiaL

INSTITUTIONS UNDER BSP SUPERVISION

issued by the Anti-Money Laundering Council relative to the request of the Government of the United States to check carefuliy for offices or financial assets Attached is Resolution No. 06 (Series of 2005) dated 14 January 2005

of the following individuals, and to freeze the same should any be found:

T Saad Rashed Mohammad AL-FAQiH a.k.a. Abu Uthman Sa'd AL FAQIH; Sa'ad AL-FAQIH; Saad ALFAGiH; Sa'd AL-FAQl; Saad AL- FAQIH; Saad AL FAQ!H; Saad AL-FAGIH; Saad AL-FAKIH

Saad AL-FAQiH, a London-based Saudi Arabian national, is said to be having contact with Usama Bin Laden and Khaled al Fawwaz, Bin Laden's former de facto representative in the UK.

2 Adel AbdulJalil BATTERJEE a.k.a.Adil AL-BATTARJEE; Adel BAT'TERJEE; 'Adil Abd aI Ja!iI BATARJI

Adel Abdul Jalii Batterjee founded Lajnat ai-Birr al-islamiah (LBi) in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan with the purpose of providing financial and operational support to Mujahideen' elements in Afghanistan and around the worid, inciuding fighters associated with Specially Designated Globai Terrorist.

covered or suspicious transactions, if any, invofving the above-named You are hereby directed to submit directly to the Council reports of

individuals.

For your guidance and strict compliance

ALBERtO V. REYES Deputy Governor

Att.: AS

2005

Pananalaping Matatag, BansanG Panatag

A. Mabini St., Malate 1004 Manila, Philippines Trunktine (632) 524-70-11 URL:www.bsp.gov.ph @ e-mail: [email protected]

Anti-Money Laundering Council Bangko Sentral ng Pitipinas Complex Manila, Philippines

RESOLUTION N0.06, Series of 2005

This refers to the letter dated 22 December 2004 of the Government of the

freeze the same should any be found: United States of America, through its Embassy in Manila, requesting the Philippines to check carefully for offices or financial assets of the following and to

1. Saad Rashed Mohammad AL-FAQIH a.k.a. Abu Uthman Sa'd FAk; and AL-FAr\H; Sa'ad AL-FAQIH; Saad ALFAGIH; Sa'd; AL-FAQI; Saad AL-FAQIH, Saad AL FAQIH; Saad AL-FAGIH; Saad AL-

2 Adel Abdul Jaiil BATTERJEE a.k.a. Adil AL-BATTARJEE;Adel

BATTERJEE; Adil 'Abd al Jalil BATARJt.

Laden's former' de facto representative in the UK, Khaled al Fawwaz. AL-FAQIH (MiRA). Saad AL-FAQIH has contact with both Usama Bin Laden and Bin also has significant contact with Abu Musab Al Suri a.k.a. Mustafa Naser, a key Al Qaida operat e and associate of Usama Bin Laden. of the non-governmental organization Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia Saad AL-FAQiH is a London-based Saudi Arabian national and the head

Islamiah (LB!) in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan in or about 1987. LBl is the precursor organization to Benevolence International Foundation (BiF), a Specially Designated Globai Terrorist (SDGT) pursuant to the authorities of E.O) 13224. BATTERJEE founded LBI with the purpose of providing financial and operational support to Mujahideen elements in Afghanistan and around the world, including fighters associated with SDGTs Usama Bin Laden and Adel Abaul Jalil BATTERJEE (BATTERJEE) founded Lajnat al-Birr al-

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.

including members of Bin Laden's Al-Qaida network in Afghanistan, the Sudan, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Chechnya. serving as board member and executive director. BiF continued the mission of LBi, providing financial and operational support to Mujahideen fighters worldwide, in 1993, BATTERJEE incorporated the organization in the United States

international coalition against terrorism, the Fhilippines, through the Anti-Money (UNSCR) 1373 require UN member states to freeze terrorist assets without deiay) and to prohibit their nationals or persons in their territories from financing terrorism. As a charter member of the United Nations and as part of the The provisions of the United Nations Security Council Resolution

Laundering Councit, must actively support the actions required under the subject UNSc Resolutions

Pursuant. thereto, the Council unanimously resolves to require the Supervising Authorities, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the insurance Commission to circuiarize among all covered institutions under their respective jurisdictions, copy of this Resolution and to direct the covered institutions to submit directiy to the Council reports of covered or suspicious trarsactions, if any, involving Saad Rashed Mohammad AL-FAQIH and Adel Abdui Jalil BATTERJEE in accordance with Sections 7 and 9 of the AMLA, as amended and Ruie 9.3 of the Revised implementing Rules and Reguiations and other related or appiicable rules, regulations, circulars and operating manuals promuigated by the Supervising Authorities

1+ January 2005, Manila, Philippines

RAFAeL/B. BUenAVEntUrA

Chairman (Governor, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas)

FE : BARIN BENJAMIN S. SAN'TOS

(Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission) Mamber (Conmissioner, Insurance Commission) Member

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