A/HRC/7/3/Add.6 page 37 40. Detainee. In November 2006, he was arrested at home by Trincomalee CID officers. He was beaten by the officers in front of his mother and his uncle. Then the officers took him to another house and asked him whether he knew the person living there. He was later brought to the police headquarters in Trincomalee, where he was beaten again. As a suspected member of the LTTE, he stayed in the police station for three months. For 17 days, he was repeatedly interrogated and on four or five occasions he was beaten for about one hour. The beatings took place in the inquiry/crimes branch office amidst police officers who were going about their paper work. His hands were tied with his own shirt and he was pushed under a table, where he was beaten and kicked all over his body. He was asked for information on another person who had been shot. The police brought him to his community where he was forced to identify LTTE members. Initially, he had a bag over his head with holes for his eyes, but when he did not point out anybody the police removed the bag and branded him as a traitor in front of his home community. In February 2007, he was brought to court and then to the prison. He reported that he is afraid of the Sinhalese prison guards. VIII. TRINCOMALEE POLICE HEADQUARTERS (INCLUDING CID), TRINCOMALEE (Visited on 4 and 5 October 2007) 41. Trincomalee Police Headquarters contains a row of six cells about 3.5 x 2 metres each. At the time of the visit the cells were dirty and dark, with poor sanitary facilities, and four male detainees were held. The Officer-in-Charge, Chief Inspector M.M.C. Bandara, reported that he has been in charge for seven months and has not received any complaints of torture or ill-treatment. 42. M.J. Javed, aged 34, a police officer. On 9 September 2007, he was arrested for dynamite fishing, and detained under the Emergency Regulations. He has been interrogated but not beaten. He can leave his cell for two and a half hours per day and receives food from the police. His family can visit him every day. 43. Detainee. He was arrested on suspicion of burglary of a shop. The police officer who took his statement threatened him with a beating at night if he did not confess. He reported that he was very afraid that he was going to be ill-treated later. 44. On the second visit of the Special Rapporteur the detainee said that he had not been beaten after the Special Rapporteur’s departure. 45. Subramaniam Navaneedarasa, aged 26. On 4 October 2007 at 8.30 a.m., he was summoned to the police station for being involved in a fight in an IDP camp. He had not been interrogated and did not have any complaints regarding his treatment. IX. CHINA BAY POLICE STATION, TRINCOMALEE (Visited on 4 October 2007) 46. At the time of the visit, there was one detainee held in one of the two cells of the police station. The detainee requested absolute confidentiality about his interview.