E/CN.4/1998/38 page 22 promptness, thoroughness and impartiality had been questioned. Few officers were as a result said to have been prosecuted or sanctioned and compensation had in several cases reportedly not been accorded. 103. The Special Rapporteur also transmitted six individual cases. With respect to the cases previously transmitted, the Special Raporteur sent to the Government comments made by the source to the reply on three instances and requested follow-up information on another four. Observations 104. The Special Rapporteur notes the concern of the Human Rights Committee “that there exist instances of ill-treatment of persons by the police, including foreigners and particularly members of the ethnic minorities and asylum seekers” (A/52/40, para. 181). Greece 105. The Special Rapporteur transmitted allegations concerning two persons, to which the Government replied. Guatemala 106. The Special Rapporteur transmitted three new cases of alleged torture to the Government and requested additional information on two other cases transmitted in 1996. Haiti 107. In a letter of 9 June 1997, the Special Rapporteur advised the Government that he had received information indicating that, since their initial deployment in July 1995, the Police nationale d’Haïti had frequently treated individuals with excessive force during arrest and beaten them in police lock-ups, thus reflecting insufficient training and inadequate leadership. Only in a few cases had investigations been carried out and those responsible prosecuted and given appropriate sanctions, either at the administrative or the judicial level. It was also reported that the Police Nationale has not devoted sufficient resources to ensure that the Inspector General’s office has the necessary personnel and equipment to conduct thorough investigations of police misconduct and to regularly visit police stations around the country, as required by law. 108. The Special Rapporteur also transmitted allegations concerning four cases. Honduras 109. The Special Rapporteur transmitted two new cases to the Government. He also transmitted various others sent in previous years on which no reply had yet been received or on which he was requesting additional information. The Government replied to all of them.