E/CN.4/1991/17 page 29 corroborates the testimony given by the Border Policemen that Qa'bi was not asked to remove burning tyres and contradicts the story circulated that Border Policemen 'forced his hands onto the burning tyre'." As regards Shawan Jabarin, who was arrested in his home in the village of Sair, the following information was given regarding his allegation that he was beaten during the arrest. "The officers and the soldiers involved testified that Jabarin had refused to accompany them and resisted arrest in a manner which compelled the soldiers to use force in order to carry out their arrest order ... As a result of the force that was used Jabarin was slightly injured. Jabarin once again resisted arrest while being escorted to the vehicle. Consequently the soldiers were again compelled to use reasonable force in handcuffing Jabarin and placing him in the vehicle". As regards his allegation that he was beaten by soldiers during his transfer to the Civil Administration building in Hebron, it was reported that: "After questioning the soldiers involved, it became apparent that Jabarin was indeed struck on the back of his neck and on the head. On the basis of the investigation's findings, the Military Advocate ordered one of the soldiers court-martialled. In addition, two other soldiers involved in the incident faced disciplinary proceedings." It was further reported that the Military Advocate had recommended that disciplinary proceedings be instituted against several soldiers who allegedly used excessive force while carrying out a body search on Jabarin at the Hebron police station. Jabarin's allegation that policemen witnessed the soldiers beating him at the police station but did not intervene, were investigated and it was determined they were false. Jabarin's allegation that, while in prison, soldiers burned his ear and hand with a cigarette, could not be substantiated during the investigation. As regards his allegation that he was taken, in prison, to a rest-room where he was forced to lie on the floor of a lavatory stall and was beaten there by a soldier, the Military Advocate, on the basis of prima facie evidence supporting this claim, ordered that the soldier in question be indicted for abuse. Jabarin was subsequently subjected to two medical check-ups and was found to be in good health. As regards the remaining allegations transmitted to the Government, it was stated that in view of their considerable number it has so far been impossible to investigate all of them thoroughly. The Government also provided general information regarding detention or imprisonment in the country, methods of questioning suspects and investigation of complaints about alleged torture or ill-treatment. 93. On 6 June 1990 the Special Rapporteur addressed a letter to the Government of Israel transmitting the following detailed cases of alleged torture or ill-treatment suffered by Palestinian detainees while in police custody: (a) Ibrahim Habash, aged 22, student at the Bir Zeit University, arrested on 28 August 1989. It was alleged that while he was detained at the Moscobiyah detention centre in Jerusalem he was repeatedly beaten and ill-treated by six persons described as informers. Cigarette burns were said to be visible on his body when his lawyer visited him on 20 October 1989; (b) Murad Muhammad Isa Jadallah, aged 12, from Beit Safafa, arrested on 29 October 1989 on suspicion of possessing Palestinian flags, masks and petrol bombs. According to an affidavit signed by him on 1 November 1989, given to his lawyer, while he was being held in the Mocobiyah detention centre for interrogation he was beaten with clubs all over his body, his head was banged on a table and his face was slapped while his hair was being pulled. He was