E/CN.4/1998/38 page 26 125. Persons wishing to file a complaint against the police for ill-treatment were said be discouraged or refused permission by police to fill out the required form, which also has to be completed by a doctor. Even when such forms were completed, they were said to be frequently lost or removed from case files. Many victims reportedly did not complain because prior to their release they might have been threatened by police that they would be rearrested or face other adverse consequences if they did so. 126. The Special Rapporteur also received reports concerning some 50 persons from Western Province suspected of links with the alleged opposition guerilla groups February Eighteenth Movement (FEM) or the February Eighteenth Resistance Army (FERA), who were said to have been taken to an unknown detention centre between January and September 1995. Detainees were allegedly subjected to a variety of forms of torture, including many of those enumerated above. They were reportedly held in solitary confinement in a block of 36 rooms, some 300 metres from where the torture sessions took place. It was alleged that 12 or 13 officials dressed in suits would typically be present during torture sessions, with the torture carried out by four persons and the remaining officials observing and encouraging the torture. A number of detainees were said to have been inspected by a doctor, accompanied by three police officials, who appeared to be making a determination as to whether the prisoners were fit for further “interrogation”. One prisoner was reportedly not tortured for a period of one week, after a doctor in his presence told police officials to let him rest. Most injured prisoners examined by a doctor were given only tablets of paracetamol for their injuries. 127. The Special Rapporteur informed the Government of newly received allegations concerning five persons. He also requested additional information regarding six previously transmitted cases, some of them collective, to which the Government had replied that investigations were under way. In addition, he retransmitted the remaining allegations to which no reply had been received. One urgent appeal was also transmitted to the Government, on behalf of an individual. Observations 128. The Special Rapporteur remains concerned that the continuing flow of allegations indicates the existence of a problem deserving serious attention, albeit he acknowledges the firm decision of the Senior Resident Magistrate referred to in the case described in paragraph 228 of the addendum to this report. He draws attention to his outstanding request to visit the country. Kuwait 129. The Special Rapporteur transmitted one urgent appeal on behalf of a group of foreign nationals to which the Government replied. Malaysia 130. The Special Rapporteur transmitted one urgent appeal on behalf of a group of persons to which the Government replied.