BSP Circular Letter

January 31, 2005 BSP CIRCULAR LETTER TO : All Banks and Non-Bank Financial Institutions Under BSP Supervision Attached is Resolution No. 06 (Series of 2005) dated 14 January 2005 issued by the Anti-Money Laundering Council relative to the request of the Government of the United States to check carefully for offices or financial assets of the following individuals, and to freeze the same should any be found: 1. Saad Rashed Mohammad AL-FAQIH a.k.a. Abu Uthman Sa'd AL-FAQIH; Sa'ad AL-FAQIH; Saad AL-FAGIH; Sa'd AL-FAQI; Saad AL-FAQIH; Saad AL FAQIH; 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 Abdul Jalil BATTERJEE a.k.a. 'Adil AL-BATTARJEE; Adel BATTERJEE; 'Adil 'Abd al Jalil BATARJI Adel Abdul Jalil Batterjee founded Lajnat al-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 world, including fighters associated with Specially Designated Global Terrorist. aSTHDc You are hereby directed to submit directly to the Council reports of covered or suspicious transactions, if any, involving the above-named individuals. For your guidance and strict compliance. (SGD.) ALBERTO V. REYES Deputy Governor RESOLUTION NO. 06, Series of 2005 This refers to the letter dated 22 December 2004 of the Government of the 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 freeze the same should any be found: 1. Saad Rashed Mohammad AL-FAQIH a.k.a. Abu Uthman Sa'd AL-FAQIH; Sa'ad AL-FAQIH; Saad ALFAGIH; Sa'd; AL-FAQI; Saad AL-FAQIH, Saad AL-FAQIH; Saad AL-FAGIH; Saad AL-FAKIH; and 2. Adel Abdul Jalil BATTERJEE a.k.a. 'Adil AL-BATTARJEE; Adel BATTERJEE; 'Adil 'Abd al Jalil BATARJI. TCIHSa Saad AL-FAQIH is a London-based Saudi Arabian national and the head of the non-governmental organization Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia (MIRA). Saad AL-FAQIH has contact with both Usama Bin Laden and Bin Laden's former de facto representative in the UK, Khaled al Fawwaz. AL-FAQIH also has significant contact with Abu Musab Al Suri a.k.a. Mustafa Naser, a key Al Qaida operative and associate of Usama Bin Laden. Adel Abdul Jalil BATTERJEE (BATTERJEE) founded Lajnat al-Birr al-Islamiah (LBI) in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan in or about 1987. LBI is the precursor organization to Benevolence International Foundation (BIF), a Specially Designated Global 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 Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. In 1993, BATTERJEE incorporated the organization in the United States serving as board member and executive director. BIF continued the mission of LBI, providing financial and operational support to Mujahideen fighters worldwide, including members of Bin Laden's Al-Qaida network in Afghanistan, the Sudan, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Chechnya. The provisions of the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1373 require UN member states to freeze terrorist assets without delay 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 international coalition against terrorism, the Philippines, through the Anti-Money Laundering Council, must actively support the actions required under the subject UNSC Resolutions. CTEacH 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 circularize among all covered institutions under their respective jurisdictions, copy of this Resolution and to direct the covered institutions to submit directly to the Council reports of covered or suspicious transactions, if any, involving Saad Rashed Mohammad AL-FAQIH and Adel Abdul Jalil BATTERJEE in accordance with Sections 7 and 9 of the AMLA, as amended and Rule 9.3 of the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations and other related or applicable rules, regulations, circulars and operating manuals promulgated by the Supervising Authorities. 14 January 2005, Manila, Philippines. (SGD.) RAFAEL B. BUENAVENTURA Chairman (Governor, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) (SGD.) FE B. BARIN Member (Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission) (SGD.) BENJAMIN S. SANTOS Member (Commissioner, Insurance Commission)