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He was subsequently taken to a rehabilitation centre (Rutan), where he was
beaten again upon arrival and subjected to degrading treatment, such as
forcing him to put his leg into the toilet.
104. Antonio Campos was first arrested on 12 February 1987 in Los Palos,
East Timor. At SGI headquarters in Jakarta he was interrogated about his
involvement in the resistance movement, subjected to beatings, and one of his
toenails was removed. In addition, the legs of a table were placed on his
feet while one of the interrogators jumped on it. After three months in
Jakarta, he was taken back to the Dili SGI headquarters and released 10 days
later. On 9 July 1993 he was arrested again in Los Palos. On each of the
following five days he was interrogated, beaten and given electric shocks to
his toes and fingers. He spent nine days in a dark cell before being
released. During the night of 16 April 1996 he was arrested for a third time
while trying to enter the Embassy of Germany in Jakarta together with seven
other East Timorese. Fifteen minutes after they had jumped over the Embassy's
wall, military personnel arrived and beat them severely using iron bars, as a
result of which Antonio Campos had one foot fractured.
105. Victor dos Reis Carvalho, a student, was arrested in Dili on
27 January 1994, after having set fire to an Indonesian flag. At SGI
headquarters, he was interrogated and beaten until he fainted and his forearm
was deeply pierced with a pin for about 10 minutes. A judge in Ermera
subsequently sentenced him to one year's imprisonment. When he mentioned that
he had been tortured, the judge stated that, since the torture had been done
by the military, it was not his concern. No defence lawyer assisted him
during the trial. The day he arrived at Becora prison, he was beaten by the
guards and forced to do physical exercises for some two hours. In the
following days he was beaten several times. The Government replied that
Victor dos Reis Carvalho's prison term was completed on 2 February 1995.
During his interrogation and imprisonment he was never tortured.
106. Domingos Savio Correia, a student, was arrested in Viqueque by members
of the SGI on 22 November 1995 while trying to leave the country by boat with
28 other persons. At the military post near the harbour, he was interrogated
and beaten. After being transferred to Dili police headquarters (POLWIL) they
were again interrogated and beaten. Domingos Savio Correia was interrogated
for about three hours and severely beaten on the head and chest. He and three
other detainees also had a chair placed on their feet in the manner described
above. After being held at POLWIL for five months he was released. The
Government replied to these allegations that Domingos Sanzo Correia had been
arrested on 14 November 1995 for stealing a boat and was released on
22 November 1995. Neither he nor his friends had been tortured. The leader
of the boat people told the High Commissioner for Human Rights during his
visit to Indonesia in December 1995 that they had not been mistreated by the
police and that she wanted to leave East Timor to make a better life for her
and her daughter.
107. Florindo dos Santos, a student, was first arrested on 9 July 1993 in
Los Palos by SGI personnel. At SGI headquarters in Los Palos, he was slapped
while being interrogated, but did not suffer any further ill-treatment.
However, four other persons arrested at the same time and considered to be
local leaders of the resistance movement, Aurelio Gandara, Gil da Cruz,
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