A/HRC/4/33/Add.1 Page 50 Para 31. Country Date 29/12/05 Type JAL Mandate RINT; TOR; VAW; Allegations transmitted Government Response Ms L. J., aged 51 and Ms H. Y., aged 42, both of whom are Falun Gong practitioners. On the night of 24 November 2005, L. J. was abducted by an estimated seven policemen. Her home was ransacked and all Falun Gong materials were seized. She was taken to Dongchengfang Town Police Station in Tunzhou City, Hebei Province, where she was interrogated, beaten with rubber clubs and given electric shocks with stun batons. At approximately 2pm on 25 November 2005, a police officer took L. J. to a room, where he lifted her shirt and touched her breasts. He then gave her electric shocks on her breasts with a stun baton. Another police officer briefly came into the room, encouraged the officer to beat her up, and left. The first officer raped L. J. While raping her, he repeatedly slapped her in the face. He then brought H. Y. into the same room and raped her too. Both rapes took place in the presence of another police officer, who made no attempt to intervene or prevent the incidents. By letter dated 28/06/06, the Government reported that on 24 November 2005, they were taken in to the local public security office for questioning, on suspicion of involvement in illegal activities, and were released in the afternoon of the same day.On 26 November, the Dashiqiao criminal police team in the Tunzhou City Public Security Bureau received a complaint from H. Y., claiming that she had been raped by an officer. On 27 November, L. J. also filed a report with the Tunzhou Public Security Bureau, stating that she too had been raped. The authorities promptly summoned the policed officer in question. In the ensuing questioning and investigation, it was ascertained that he was a temporary employee in the Dongchengfang Township Public Security Office. He admitted that, in the afternoon of 25 November 2005, he had taken L. J. and H. Y. in turn back to his hostel, where he had indecently assaulted L. J. and had raped H. Y. On 9 December, following approval from the procuratorial authorities, he was taken into custody.On 29 April 2006, the Baoding City People’s Procuratorate, Hebei Province, instituted criminal proceedings with the Baoding City People’s Intermediate Level Court against the defendant for the commission of the offences of rape and indecent assault of a woman. On 19 May 2006, after hearing the case, the court sentenced the defendant to eight years’ fixed term imprisonment. On appeal, on 7 June, the Hebei People’s High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the original judgement.