E/CN.4/2001/66 page 134 Nikolai Skorokhodov proceeded to claim that his injuries had been inflicted by militia officers based at the Chui-Tokmok Internal Affairs Department. All the officers who had come into contact with him stated that they had inflicted no injury on him. At identification parades, he stated either that he did not recognize the officers or that he could not remember anything. The officers’ testimony is corroborated by three administrative detainees held in the same cell as Nikolai Skorokhodov and by the judge at the Municipal Court who stated that when he was brought before him, he had showed no evidence of injury and had made no complaints. On 1 December 1999, criminal proceedings against the officers were dropped on the grounds that no offence had been committed. Criminal proceedings were instituted against Nikolai Skorokhodov for hooliganism on 28 May 1998. He was sentenced to six years’ deprivation of liberty on 25 February 1999 at first instance, which was reduced to one year by the Chu Region Appeals Court. He was released after serving his sentence. Since his release, he has filed no complaints against the law enforcement agencies. 683. Concerning Uulbolsun Mamadiyarova (ibid., para. 714), the Government responded that she had been detained as a suspect on 12 August 1998 for “vigilantism” in respect of criminal proceedings which had been opened against her on 11 September 1997. She was not placed in a cell and was released on the same day. During formalities with a view to placing her in an isolation facility, Uulbolsun Mamadiyarova set upon the senior duty inspector at the Pervomaisky District Internal Affairs Department and a scuffle broke out between them. The senior investigator of the District Internal Affairs Department initiated criminal proceedings against her for “threats or violence in connection with the administration of justice”. A forensic medical examination revealed that the senior duty inspector had received two scratches to the face and Uulbolsun Mamadiyarova had sustained lesser grievous bodily harm. The City Procurator’s Office opened a criminal case for the wilful infliction of lesser grievous bodily harm on 17 May 1999, which was handed over to Pervomaisky District Prosecutor’s Office for investigation. On 20 May 1999, the senior duty inspector was charged with “ultra vires action” and as a preventive measure was released into his own custody. On 21 May 1999, Pervomaisky District Procurator’s Office dropped criminal proceedings against Uulbolsun Mamadiyarova on the grounds that she had committed no crime. On 28 January 2000, the senior duty inspector was relieved of his duty by an investigator’s decision endorsed by the Procurator. On 14 February 2000, the criminal case was referred to the Bishek garrison military court for examination and a hearing was scheduled for 12 April 2000. The District Procurator’s Office instituted disciplinary proceedings against two officers of the investigative unit of the Pervomaisky District Internal Affairs Department, including the senior investigator, for obstructing the investigation of criminal cases, and filed a report on the chief of the investigative unit, his deputy and the former unit chief. The officers of the investigative unit were severely reprimanded and the latter three persons were found to have exercised insufficient control over the work of their subordinates during the investigation. 684. Concerning Pavel Bass (ibid. para. 715), the Government stated that his account of events was contradicted by witnesses, his relatives and officers of the Oktyabsky District Internal Affairs Department. One neighbour stated that Pavel Bass had thrown various items off the balcony and on the landing, and that he had called the local militia inspector. When he knocked at the door of the apartment, Pavel Bass lunged at him with a knife. The inspector subsequently called the militia, who escorted Pavel Bass to the Oktyabsky District Internal Affairs Department. On the same day, his wife and another neighbour collected him and the neighbour