E/CN.4/198 9/15 page 24 Burma 110. On 22 A p r i l 1988, a message was s e n t concerning Theing Maung, a r e s i d e n t of Ohn-Ta-Bin q u a r t e r of S i t t w e , who was a l l e g e d l y a r r e s t e d on 30 November 1987. A second d e t a i n e e , a n a t i v e of Mrauk-oo v i l l a g e who was l i v i n g in S i t t w e ' s P a d a l i k s h i k q u a r t e r , was r e p o r t e d l y a r r e s t e d i n mid-November 1987. Both were a r r e s t e d by elements of the m i l i t a r y i n t e l l i g e n c e s e r v i c e , u n i t 10, based i n S i t t w e . After t h e i r a r r e s t they were s e n t t o a d e t e n t i o n c e n t r e and r e p o r t e d l y s u b j e c t e d t o t o r t u r e . 1 1 1 . The Government of Burma sent a l e t t e r on 26 August 1988 s t a t i n g t h a t Theing Maung and Hla Min (the second d e t a i n e e mentioned above) were a r r e s t e d under the Emergency P r o v i s i o n s Act 5 ( a ) , (d) and (j) and in accordance with the e x i s t i n g laws of Burma. China 112. A message was s e n t on 2 December 1988 concerning four Tibetan nuns (Gyaltsen Locho, Gyaltsen Tenzin, Gyaltsen Keljon and Ngawang Dolma) a r r e s t e d d u r i n g a pro-independence demonstration s t a g e d by a small group of nuns i n t h e Barkhor a r e a of Lhasa in March 1988. They were r e p o r t e d l y t a k e n i n handcuffs t o a nearby p u b l i c s e c u r i t y o f f i c e , where they were b e a t e n , k i c k e d , stamped on, s t r i p p e d naked and poked with c a t t l e p r o d s . Colombia 113. A message was s e n t t o the Government of Colombia on 2 December 1988 concerning e i g h t t r a d e - u n i o n l e a d e r s (Orlando Meza, E d i l b e r t o Ramirez, G l o r i a M a r t i n e z , Eduardo Yando, Guillermo C h i t a n , Ramon S i n i s t e r r a , Cesar C a r r i l l o and J o s a f a t Tarazona) a l l e g e d l y d e t a i n e d and held incommunicado on 24, 25 and 26 October 1988 in the a d m i n i s t r a t i v e department i n El B a t a l l o n Nueva Granada. Fear was expressed t h a t they might have been s u b j e c t e d t o torture. El Salvador 114. A message was sent on 2 December 1988 concerning Rene Benitez Medrano, member of the Asociacidn Nacional de Trabajadores Agropecuarios (ANTA) (National Association of Agricultural Workers), allegedly detained on 30 September 1988 and tortured by soldiers in San Francisco Gotera. According to the information received, he was liberated but ordered to report to the military every 15 days, in addition, five people (Andree Martinez, Adan Santos, Maria Cristina Mejia, Herculano Mendez and Rufina Figueroa) were reportedly detained and held incommunicado on 28 and 29 October 1988 in Canton de San Antonio la Junta, Departamento de Santa Ana by members of the army. Fear was expressed that they had been subjected to torture. Guatemala 115. A message was sent on 21 September 1988 concerning Pedro Quino Morales, Juan Quino-Quino and Jose Lastor Capel who were reportedly abducted in Canton de Panimache, in Chichicastenango by Patrulleros Civiles (civil guards) and two military officers (all names were transmitted to the Government). Fear was expressed that they might have been subjected to torture.