E/CN.4/1993/26 page 29 least the first six weeks of her detention, during which time she is said to have been repeatedly beaten and kicked while undergoing interrogation. Her condition worsened over her months in detention, and in May or June 1991 she was reportedly taken to a clinic near Gutsa and then to Lhasa People's Hospital, where exploratory surgery was apparently performed, finding that she had suffered a ruptured spleen. While in hospital, she was apparently told that she had been released and should go home. She died at home about three months later, apparently as a result of the injuries she sustained in custody; (b) Yeshe (ye-shes), a painter from Lhasa, resident of Tarpo Lingka, was arrested at around midnight on 8 March 1989 after having allegedly participated in demonstrations a few days earlier. He was severely beaten in prison and was badly bruised. He sustained severe damage to the genitals and when he was released in July or August, he was unable to hold his bladder and to walk. He died on 22 August 1989; (c) Chozed Tenpa Choephel (chos-mdzad bstan-pa chos-'phel), was arrested in January 1988 and severely beaten in prison. On 24 August 1989 he was transferred from a prison in the Sangyip complex to Lhasa People's Hospital. Reports say that he died either the following day or on 27 August. According to the statement of an eyewitness, the body was "entirely black-blue". 90. In the above-mentioned letter of 7 September 1992 the Special Rapporteur also transmitted to the Government of China information on the case of: Han Dongfang, a labour activist during the 1989 pro-democracy protests, who was seriously ill-treated on 14 May 1992 at the Dongcheng District People's Court in Beijing, where he had been summoned to discuss a housing order. He was severely beaten with electric batons by court personnel who did not stop until they noticed that Han Dongfang was having serious breathing problems. The beatings reportedly caused his chest cavity to fill with fluid. 91. The Special Rapporteur also informed the Government that he had received a report containing allegations of torture against persons arrested in connection with the 1989 pro-democracy movement and kept in the prisons of Hunan province, particularly those of Yuanjiang, Hengyang, Lingling, Huai'hua, Chenzhou, Longxi and Changsha. The following cases, in particular, were reported. 92. Yu Zhijian and Yu Dongyue, prisoners at Lingling prison, have allegedly been kept in solitary confinement cells since late 1989 and subjected to different physical tortures. As a result, their health has deteriorated dramatically and Yu Dongyue has lost control of his excretory functions. 93. With respect to the case of Yu Zhijian from Liuyang county in Hunan province, the Government reported that he was sentenced on 11 August 1989 by the Beijing municipal people's intermediate court to life imprisonment and stripped of his political rights for life for breach of the criminal law. As for Yu Dongyue from Liuyang county in Hunan province, the Government reported that he was sentenced on 8 August 1989 by the Beijing municipal people's intermediate court to 20 years' imprisonment and stripped of his political rights for five years for breach of the criminal law.