E/CN.4/2000/9 page 82 day-old bruises on his lower lip which he would have sustained the day prior to his arrest. The Department therefore decided to close the file on the complaint. 395. Concerning Adel-Basset Ahmed Hassab Abdel-Moniem (ibid., para. 215), the Government responded that he had been charged with operating an unlicensed coffee shop and other charges, which were referred for criminal prosecution on 24 July 1997. The Government further replied that no complaint alleging torture had been submitted by him to the Department of Public Prosecutions. 396. Concerning Nasr Awad Mohmoud (ibid., para. 221), the Government replied that he had been arrested on 13 November 1997 by the Investigation Unit of the Kom Ombo police station, Aswan, in accordance with a warrant for his arrest for possessing an unlicensed weapon. The Government further replied that he had submitted a complaint to the Department of Public Prosecutions alleging that he was assaulted in the presence of his two neighbours and an official watchman, in an attempt to discover the whereabouts of unlicensed weapons. The Government indicated that the Department of Public Prosecutions questioned the abovementioned witnesses, who informed it that a police officer and members of the Investigation Unit accompanying him, went to his house and carried out a search. The officers denied the allegations. It stated that a preliminary medical report confirmed the existence of bruising on his neck and abrasions and swelling on his legs which, according to a subsequent medical examiner's report, later disappeared. The Government replied that charges were laid against the detective sergeant and the head of the criminal investigation department but they were dropped on 24 January 1998 on the basis that there was insufficient evidence for criminal prosecution. 397. Concerning Kamal Ibraheem Hamed (see E/CN.4/1998/38/Add.1, para. 94), the Government replied that he was arrested on 10 April 1995 in accordance with a warrant, on suspicion of arson. He was initially held for four days for investigation, which was extended several times, and that during his arrest he was extremely agitated and caused himself injury. The Government further indicated that the police had recorded his attempt to commit suicide on 18 April 1995. The Government stated that he made a complaint to the Department of Public Prosecutions alleging, inter alia, that he had been assaulted in order to extract a confession. It stated that one witness confirmed his allegation while another witness denied it. Two officers questioned also denied the allegations. One officer stated that Emad Shehata Abdel Fattah caused his own injuries, while the other officer stated that he was on sick leave at the time of the alleged beatings, which the Government confirmed to be true. A medical report undertaken indicated that his injuries were caused partly by some form of solid object and partly by objects with a rough surface. The Government further replied that the Department of Public Prosecutions excluded any suspicion of a criminal act of torture and closed the case. 398. Concerning Mohammed Ahmad Mustapha, Jaber Ahmed Mustapha, Youssef Abdu Youssef and Atef Abdulla Razeq (ibid., para. 95), the Government replied that there was no indication that they had been arrested in Port Said on 27 May 1995 nor had any complaints been filed by any of the men alleging torture. However, the Government reported that Mohammed Ahmad Mustapha was questioned and later released on that day. 399. Concerning Mohammad Wagdi Mohammad Durra (ibid., para. 98), the Government replied that the Security Forces received information to the effect that he had been attending Islamic youth meetings at which he was criticizing