E/CN.4/1996/35/Add.1 page 105 560. Renante Gamara, Pedro Baba Jr., Bonifacio Ilagan, Bernardo Aragoza, Ana Pagcaliwagan, Jose Patricio Valdenor, Gerardo Culibao and Amelita Gamarawere were arrested on 26 August 1994 in La Trinidad, Benguet, by officers of the Philippine National Police Corillera Regional Command (PNP-CRECOM). Hogtied and blindfolded with masking tape, they were transferred to a series of safe houses and allegedly subjected for over 40 hours to various forms of torture and ill-treatment, including beatings, hoodings with cloth sacks, games of "Russian roulette", and threats of rape and electrocution. They were charged with weapons possession, but the Benguet Provincial Prosecutor dismissed the charges and concluded that the true motive for their arrest was their alleged membership in the Communist Party of the Philippines, an organization which is legal. The arrests of the eight persons were declared invalid and the searches illegal, but surveillance of them was said to continue. 561. Glenn Barrios was reportedly blindfolded and detained on 8 February 1995 by members of the Eastern Police District Criminal Investigation Command of the PNP, who had falsely identified themselves as NPA members. He was taken to a safe house, where his interrogators allegedly placed a plastic bag over his head and beat him several times on the abdomen and head. Police officials later subjected him to threats, as a result of which he made an incriminating statement and was charged with murder. 562. Jerry Butial was arrested on 31 March 1995 by a joint team from the Western Police District Command and the Intelligence Security Group of the Philippine Army. The reason for the arrest was his alleged membership in the NPA and suspicion of involvement in the murder of a police officer in May 1994. He was taken blindfolded to a number of locations over the course of several days. His interrogators allegedly beat him on the head, placed a cloth in his mouth and poured water down his face, put a lighted bulb to his head, and directed a high-speed electric fan on him for a prolonged period. Romania Informations transmises au gouvernement 563. Par lettre datée du 23 mai 1995, le Rapporteur spécial a informé le gouvernement qu’il avait reçu des informations concernant Gheorghe Angel, du village de Dobra (commune de Sugag), et son fils, Dorin Angel. Tous les deux auraient été battus par un policier le 3 août 1994. Un médecin légiste d’Alba Iulia aurait délivré un certificat médical faisant état de plusieurs lésions corporelles causées par des coups portés à l’aide d’un objet contondant qui ont exigé huit à neuf jours de traitement médical. Republic of Korea Urgent appeals transmitted 564. The Special Rapporteur transmitted an urgent appeal on 22 February 1995 concerning Kim Su-wook, Lee Jae-ho, Lee Chong-bum, Lee Jung-min, Hwang Jin-su and Cho Chang-rae, who were among eight former student activists reportedly