E/CN.4/1998/38 page 23 Hungary 110. The Special Rapporteur transmitted to the Government information concerning one individual case. India 111. By letter of 28 April 1997, the Special Rapporteur informed the Government that he had received reports indicating that the use of torture by police in Punjab was widespread. The methods of torture reported include beatings with fists, boots, lathis (long bamboo canes), pattas (leather straps with wooden handles), leather belts with metal buckles or rifle butts; being suspended by the wrists or ankles and beaten; kachcha fansi (suspension of the whole body from the wrists, which are tied behind the back); having the hands trodden upon or hammered; application of electric shocks; burning of the skin, sometimes with a hot iron rod; removing nails with pliers; cheera (forcing the hips apart, sometimes to 180 degrees and often repeatedly, for 30 minutes or more; and the roller method (a log of wood or ghotna (pestle for grinding spices) is rolled over the thighs or calves with one or more police officers standing upon it); and insertion of chili peppers into the rectum. 112. The Special Rapporteur transmitted new allegations concerning 16 persons, two of which the Government responded to, and forwarded additional information concerning a previously transmitted urgent appeal to which the Government had replied. The Special Rapporteur also made four urgent appeals, two of which concerned the same person, and one of which was collective. Observations 113. The continuing concern expressed over the years by the Special Rapporteur about the extent and lethal nature of torture allegedly inflicted by the law enforcement authorities remains undiminished. He notes the concern expressed by the Human Rights Committee “about the incidence of custodial deaths, rape and torture” in the country (A/52/40, para. 438) and again notes his outstanding request for an invitation to visit the country, non-compliance with which was also a matter of concern for the Committee. Indonesia 114. In a letter of 2 July 1997, the Special Rapporteur informed the Government that he had continued to receive reports alleging that the use of torture and other ill-treatment by police and military personnel was widespread. According to the information, persons detained for political reasons were frequently first held incommunicado and interrogated in military custody, where many incidents of torture allegedly occur, before being transferred to police custody. In a letter of 28 October 1997, the Government contested allegations of widespread torture, though acknowledging that ill-treatment can sometimes occur, especially where individuals resist arrest and thus cause themselves to be injured. 115. The Special Rapporteur also informed the Government of newly received allegations concerning 23 persons, 14 of whom were from East Timor, and supplied further information and questions regarding two previously