E/CN.4/1996/35/Add.1 page 88 torture of a man including the cutting off of his ears and tongue. After three months she paid bribes to Strategic Command headquarters and the police before being released. She and her son reportedly remained in ill-health due to the beatings suffered at the prison camp. 471. Sai Lone, a Shan labourer from Tachilek, was reportedly arrested on 15 April 1993 by a commander and soldiers from the IB 359 and accused of being a member of the Murng Tai Army. He was taken to the main prison at Tachilek and interrogated for a week, during the course of which he was allegedly kept in a chair with his hands tied to the chair high behind his head while his legs were tied to another chair in front. He was then reportedly slapped in the face and hit with the butt of a revolver repeatedly, as a result of which his temples were cut open. He was sentenced to one year in prison. After five months in prison he was reportedly sent to work on the hydroelectric project at Mong Kwan and forced to work in chains. He was allegedly forced to carry rocks and when he did not work quickly enough he was beaten severely with a bamboo stick. Urgent appeals transmitted and replies received 472. On 17 March 1995 the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal on behalf of Moe Myat Thu, Mo Maung Maung, Maung Maung Win, Maung Maung Oo, Cho Nwe Oo, Yi Yi Tun, Aye Aye Moe, Moe Kalayar Oo, Ni Ni, who were among a group of 50 young persons reportedly arrested on 20 February 1995 in Yangon while attending the funeral of former prime minister U Nu. Maung Maung Oo and Moe Myat Thu were allegedly beaten severely by members of Military Intelligence at the time of their arrest. The Special Rapporteur sent two follow-up appeals on 28 March, on behalf of Thin Than Oo, Aw Wai, Maung Nyunt and Aung Zeya, and on 1 May 1995, on behalf of Maung Maung Myint, Bo Htite (also known as Nyunt Myaing), Kyaw Swa Htu, Htay Win and Than Gyaung. Those persons were also among those reportedly arrested at the funeral. 473. By replies dated 19 April 1995 and 11 May 1995 the Government informed the Special Rapporteur that only nine of the persons named in the urgent appeals - Aung Zeya, Thin Than Oo, Nyunt Myaing, Moe Maung Maung, Maung Maung Oo, Moe Myat Thu, Moe Kalayar Oo, Cho Nwe Oo, and Aye Aye Moe had been arrested. They were charged under section 5 (j) of the 1950 Emergency Provision Act for having created disturbances at the funeral of U Nu with the aim of disrupting it and for having instigated the people to unrest. There should exist no anxiety or fears of torture or ill-treatment in detention, as such practices were strictly prohibited in the Prisons Manual and the prison authorities scrupulously followed the regulations laid down. 474. The Special Rapporteur also sent an urgent appeal on 6 October 1995 on behalf of Ye Htut, a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD), who was reportedly arrested on 27 September 1995 by Military Intelligence personnel. He was said to be facing charges of "concocting news stories" about Myanmar and sending them to dissident groups abroad. His whereabouts were unknown.