E/CN.4/1996/35/Add.1 page 114 Newcastle nightclub. They were allegedly tortured for a further eight days while being questioned about other incidents. They received and were serving 25-year prison sentences. 599. Innocent Khuswayo, an ANC member, was reportedly arrested on 8 March 1994 in Ezakheni, KwaZulu Natal, by members of the Internal Stability Unit (ISU). He was allegedly subjected to electric shocks and hospitalized. The incident was said to be under investigation by the Ladysmith police. 600. J.T. Mokoena, arrested on 8 April camouflage trousers allegedly assaulted or river, where his a member of the South African Defence Force, was reportedly 1994 by members of the ISU for wearing a pair of and suspicion of unlicensed firearm possession. He was with fists and the butt of a firearm and taken to a lake head was forcibly submerged several times. 601. Jeffrey Gana, arrested by members of the South African police on 1 May 1994, was questioned at Diepriver police station as to how he had voted in the elections the previous day. When he refused to answer, he was allegedly beaten until he lost consciousness. 602. Simon Mqulwana was reportedly arrested on 5 July 1994 by detectives from the Murder and Robbery Unit, in connection with a massacre at St. James church the previous year. At Bellville South police station he was allegedly beaten repeatedly by several policemen, as a result of which he sustained a cut lip and other injuries. When it became apparent that he was not involved in the incident, he was released the next day by police, who apologized to him for the error. 603. Luyanda Gqomfa, a suspected member of the APLA arrested on 13 July 1994 on a firearms possession charge, was transferred from Port Elizabeth to Bloemfontein, where he was allegedly chained and handcuffed and his face was covered with a balaclava. He was driven to a secluded part of town and allegedly beaten continuously, while police demanded that he confess to involvement in the killing of white farmers in the Orange Free State and to participation in the St. James church massacre. He was taken before a magistrate whom he informed that he had been assaulted and that he needed medical attention. He was thereafter transferred to Bellville South police station and allegedly interrogated under torture by members of the Murder and Robbery Unit. His torture was said to include partial suffocation by means of a plastic bag placed over his face. He was reported to be awaiting trial at Pollsmoor maximum security prison. 604. Philani Mbuku was reportedly assaulted by members of the Internal Stability Division (ISD) in August 1994, during a raid on his home in a squatter camp at Phola Park, Western Cape. He was allegedly beaten continuously as he was dragged out of the camp to police vehicles on Lansdowne Road. 605. Phikisile Rumbu, a former Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) member, was reportedly arrested in September 1994 and taken to Pretoria police station, where was allegedly beaten severely until he vomited blood.