A/HRC/4/33/Add.1 Page 51 Para 32. Country Date 05/01/06 Type JUA Mandate Allegations transmitted Government Response HRD; TOR; Ms Mao Hengfeng (the subject of a previously transmitted communication, E/CN.4/2005/62/Add.1, para. 296; she was interviewed on 24 November 2005 during the mission to China of the Special Rapporteur on torture). On 28 December 2005 in the afternoon, she was among about a dozen persons who were detained in Beijing by police when they went to view the ceremonial lowering of the flag in Tiananmen Square. Ms Mao, who has petitioned the Government in relation to a number of human rights violations, and her two daughters, along with petitioners Zhang Cuizhi and Zhang Xueying, were forcibly taken to Beijing's Tianhai Reception Center that evening, while the others were immediately put onto the next train back to Shanghai. Among the latter group, Sun Xicheng, He Guoguang and others were reportedly beaten by Shanghai officials (jiefang renyuan). Mr Sun suffered a concussion as a result of his beating. Ms Mao was dragged by her feet down a flight of stairs by three policemen. She and her daughters, along with Zhang Cuizhi and Zhang Xueying, were forced to return to Shanghai by train on the evening of December 29. Following her arrival in Shanghai on December 30, Ms Mao immediately returned to Beijing with her daughters, but early on the morning of 1 January 2006, she was detained again and forcibly returned to Shanghai, where she and her daughters were taken directly to the Yangpu District dispatch station. Ms Mao's daughters were released that afternoon, but she remains in custody of the Daqiao neighborhood By letter dated 18/04/06, the Government reported that On 15 December 2005, Zhou Xiudi, Chen Zonglai, Wu Yuping and Jin Huijun convened more than 30 persons to assemble at the entrance of Shanghai Municipal Government in order to cause trouble and create a public disturbance; despite efforts to educate and negotiate with them, they refused to disperse, severely disrupting the normal order of State organs. Acting pursuant to article 19 of the Regulations on Public Security Administration Punishment, the Shanghai public security authorities punished Zhou and others by placing them in administrative detention for 15 days. Careful checking has revealed that during the period from 22 to 28 December 2005 no coercive measures of any kind were taken by the Shanghai public security authorities in respect of Ma Yalian.On 28 December 2005, a group of more than 60 people including Mao Hengfeng, Sun Xicheng and He Guoguang gathered about the flagpole at Tianmen Square to cause trouble, disrupting the normal order of the Square. Acting pursuant to article 34 of the Regulations on Public Security Administration Punishment, the Shanghai public security authorities lawfully issued a public order summons to Mao and others. During this process, the Shanghai public security authorities never employed any kind of coercive measures in respect of anyone, nor did any instances of beating occur. Moreover, there is no Yangpu District