E/CN.4/1994/31 page 32 when he completed it. He did not, during his sentence, "compose poems on the prison walls", and there is no question of his having been savagely beaten for this or any other reason. 158. In addition to the above-mentioned, the following prisoners at the Lingyuan labour reform detachment, Liaoning province, were also reported to have been subjected to torture, including frequent beatings: (a) Chi Mengzhu, a senior high school graduate from Jilin city, arrested in May 1990 for printing and distributing leaflets and sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment. According to the Government, Chi Mengzhu was sentenced in June 1990 by the Jilin Municipal People’s Intermediate Court to 10 years’ imprisonment for involvement in illegal activities injurious to State security. He has never been subjected to beatings, verbal abuse or corporal punishment. (b) Li Dejun, formerly a teacher in Benxi county, Liaoning province, sentenced to three years’ imprisonment on political charges. According to the Government, Li Dejun was sentenced in August 1989 by the Benxi Municipal People’s Intermediate Court to three years’ imprisonment for involvement in illegal activities injurious to State security. He was never subjected to beatings, verbal abuse or corporal punishment during his sentence. (c) Si Wei, a senior high school graduate from Tonghua city, Jilin, arrested in June 1989 for distributing leaflets and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. According to the Government, Si Wei was sentenced in November 1990 by the Tonghua Municipal People’s Intermediate Court to four years’ imprisonment for involvement in illegal activities injurious to State security and is now serving his sentence in Lingyuan No. 2 prison. He is in good health and has never suffered beatings, verbal abuse or corporal punishment. (d) Tian Xiaoming, a college graduate from Dandong city, sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment on political charges. According to the Government, Tian Xiaoming was sentenced in December 1989 by the Dandong Municipal People’s Intermediate Court for involvement in illegal activities injurious to State security. He is in good health and has never undergone beatings, verbal abuse or corporal punishment. (e) Liang Liwei, formerly an assistant engineer at Changchun No. 1 car factory, arrested on 10 June 1989, sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and transferred to Lingyuan in April 1991. According to the Government, Liang Liwei was sentenced in November 1990 by the Changchun Municipal People’s Intermediate Court to a term of imprisonment for involvement in illegal activities injurious to State security, and served his sentence at Lingyuan No. 2 prison. When his term was up, on 10 June 1992, he was released. He has never undergone beatings, verbal abuse or corporal punishment. (f) Chen Zhuman, a farmer from Putian county, Fujian province, was arrested on 14 December 1991, accused of "illegally" joining a religious group and taken to the Putian county detention centre. According to the reports, he was beaten and hung upside down in a window frame with a mobile torture