E/CN.4/1993/26 page 76 Efrain Gutiérrez Gómez, Rámon Parcero Martínez, Lorenzo Gómez Jimenez, Sebastián González Cruz, Francisco González Gutiérrez, Tolentino Gómez Cruz, Víctor Mendéz González Samuel Benito Pérez and Manuel Martínez Peréz. 332. The Government stated that the Indians detained in connection with the incidents mentioned had been released, including nine who had initially been remanded for trial. Morocco Information transmitted to the Government 333. In a letter of 12 November 1992 the Special Rapporteur informed the Government that he had received reports that torture or threats of torture were routinely used in police stations to intimidate persons in custody or obtain confessions from them. Some persons in custody had died following torture. One was Driss Touati, age 21, who was arrested at Rachidiya on 18 April 1991 and died a few hours after being taken to the police station. 334. The Special Rapporteur had also been informed Samir Alsadi Jassin, a Spanish citizen who had been police at Tangiers on 31 December 1989 had taken to he had been severely beaten. He was also suspended between his arms and legs and the soles of his feet released the same day. of the case of arrested by State security their headquarters. There by means of a metal rod had been beaten. He was Myanmar Information transmitted to the Government and replies received thereon 335. By letter dated 21 August 1992 the Special Rapporteur transmitted to the Government of Myanmar a summary of the main allegations received with regard to the practice of torture in the country, as well as a number of individual cases. The Government replied to this letter on 26 October 1992. In addition, the Special Rapporteur made urgent appeals on behalf of persons who, according to the information received, were at risk of being tortured. The Government also replied with respect to some of these cases. (a) Information with regard to the practice of torture in general 336. According to the reports received, the Myanmar armed forces (tatmadaw) and the paramilitary security force Lone Htein continue to seize arbitrarily and ill-treat members of ethnic and religious minorities in rural areas of the country. The victims include people who were detained because soldiers suspected they might be sympathizers or supporters of ethnic minority guerrilla groups that have been fighting the tatmadaw for many years. They also include people seized by the tatmadaw and compelled to perform porterage carying food, ammunition and other supplies - or mine-clearing work. Among those who allegedly have been ill-treated are members of the Karen, Mon and "Indian" ethnic minorities, which groups include people belonging to the Christian, animist and Muslim religious minorities. Members of political organizations have also been arrested, held in incommunicado detention for long periods of time and subjected to torture. Forms of ill-treatment include