E/CN.4/1994/31 page 29 Information transmitted by the Government with respect to cases included in previous reports 140. By the above-mentioned letter of 2 December 1993 the Government also replied to the cases referred to in the following paragraphs, which had been transmitted to it on 21 August 1992. 141. Adán Eloy Pacheco Pinto was reportedly arrested in 1991 and taken to the 3rd police station in Santiago. According to the Government, he was charged under Law No. 12.927 on the Security of the State and sentenced to imprisonment. During the proceedings he never complained of having been tortured. A medical report issued by a doctor of the Carabinieros hospital stated that Pacheco Pinto did not bear signs of recent injuries. 142. Nelson Ernesto Ruz Aguilera, Alfredo Heriberto Marchant Figueroa and Francisco Javier Diaz Trujillo were arrested in May 1991 and taken to the 3rd police station. The Government replied that they were being tried under the Arms Control Law. 143. Ana María Sepúlveda Sanhueza was arrested in March 1992 and taken to the Central Investigations Barracks. The Government replied that she was being tried for terrorism. She had never complained before the court of having been tortured. A medical report issued on 11 March 1993 by the legal medical service indicated that there were no visible signs of injuries. 144. Alicia Lira Matus was arrested in November 1991 while taking part in a peaceful demonstration. According to the Government, a complaint for torture was lodged with the 5th Criminal Court in Santiago. The case was, however, dismissed on 1 December 1992 for lack of evidence. 145. With respect to the cases of Bernarda Eugenia Valenzuela Montecinos, Juan Carlos Chávez Pilquil, Jorge Alfredo de la Fuente Llanos, Mario Valenzuela Martínez, Roberto Antonio Morales Pinochet, Nélida Molina Morgado, Lorena Reyes Anderson, José Antonio Sabat Méndez, Francisco Olea Lagos, Cristián Cárdenas Jofré, Mirentchu Vivanco Figueroa, Antonio Lenín Sánchez Pardo, José Cristián Arriagada Melo and Jorge Antonio Concha Meza, the Government replied that no formal complaints had been lodged with the judicial authorities and, therefore, no investigation into the veracity of the allegations had been carried out. China Information transmitted to the Government and replies received thereon 146. On 26 August 1993 the Special Rapporteur transmitted to the Government of China a letter containing a summary of allegations received with regard to the practice of torture in the country, as well as a number of individual cases. In addition, the Special Rapporteur made four urgent appeals on behalf of persons who, according to the information received, were at risk of being tortured. The Government sent replies with respect to some of them.