E/CN.4/1994/31 page 66 320. Nasrun Majid was arrested in June 1990 when a group of about 40 soldiers came to his family’s house in Alue Nirih, Peureulak, in search of his elder brother, a suspected Aceh Merdeka activist. He was held for 11 days at the Aceh Utara District Military Command in Lhokseumawe, during which time he was reportedly beaten on the shins and head with a wooden club while being questioned about the whereabouts of his brother. 321. Ishak bin Ismael, a village head, was arrested by security forces in 1992 and taken to the police station at Baktia, where he was tortured to death. According to reports, police placed a large wooden beam across the back of his neck and then stood or jumped on it until he was dead. 322. Ismail bin Gani, a civil servant at the office of the Regent of Pidie, was arrested by military authorities in March 1992 in the village of Paloh. He was reportedly held incommunicado at the Kopassus headquarters in Rancong for two months, during which time he was repeatedly beaten. When his wife was allowed to visit him in May 1992 his arms and legs were broken and he had to be carried by soldiers. 323. Information was also received indicating that in April 1992 at least a dozen people of the village of Tjot Kruet, Pase, were beaten by soldiers searching for two suspected members of Aceh Merdeka. The victims, who included three elderly men, were also forced to beat members of their own families, to crawl over rough terrain and to stare into the sun for several hours. 324. Torture or ill-treatment was also reported to be routinely used against criminal suspects in other parts of the country, as in the following two cases: (a) Sofyan Lubis, a shoe-shine boy aged 16 accused of stealing clothes, died in the Tanjung Gusta children’s prison in Medan in September 1992. According to relatives and lawyers his corpse bore clear signs of torture; his stomach, chest and neck were severely bruised, two teeth were missing and blood was coming from his mouth, nose, ears and genitals. (b) Amas Hadiansyah was arrested at the beginning of 1992 in Bandung in connection with an armed robbery. As a result of being beaten by three policemen he reportedly lost the sight in one eye. 325. The Special Rapporteur continued to receive information about the use of torture in East Timor. Military and police officials were reported to have tortured or ill-treated some of the suspected government opponents detained in November 1992 and afterwards. He was also informed of the case of Agostinho Pereira, detained in August 1992 at Dili airport by security forces who suspected that he was a member of a pro-independence group. According to the reports, he was beaten on the spot by soldiers until his face was swollen and blood came from his ears.