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knees with his hands cuffed behind his back, had electric shocks applied to
his face, neck, hands, legs, and lower back, and was beaten. During 10 days
of detention, he was subjected to a three-hour interrogation session each day,
with beatings and electric shocks during six of the sessions.
112. Deng Ge, a teacher, Hong Ke and Meng Sha, mid-level Tibetan officials,
and an unidentified monk were reportedly severely beaten with a spiked wooden
implement at the police station in Markham, Chamdu prefecture, Kham. The four
were arrested after Deng Ge had tried to intervene when the other three were
being beaten by police with fists, feet, iron bars and bricks outside a cinema
in Markham. Deng Ge reportedly passed out and required hospitalization.
113. June Lhapka, a primary school teacher from Nemo village, was allegedly
beaten during or shortly after her arrest on 21 June 1993 and was said to have
been in a serious condition.
114. Rigzin Choedron, also called Kunsan Choekyi, was arrested
on 22 September 1989 during a political demonstration in Lhasa and
allegedly beaten in Gutsa detention centre, resulting in kidney damage.
After spending three years in Trisam Labour Re-education Centre, she was
released in September 1992 with wounds and abscesses on her back and damage
to one kidney. She died on 10 October 1992, possibly as a result of
ill-treatment suffered in detention.
115. The following persons, detained for political reasons in Drapchi prison,
Lhasa, were reported to suffer from serious illness as a result of or
exacerbated by mistreatment or heavy physical labour performed in prison:
(a)
Ngawand Kunga, a monk from Drepung, who was allegedly forced to
run with a stone on his back in 1990 or 1991, was said to suffer from liver
problems. According to the Government he had completed his sentence and been
released;
(b)
Phuntsog Dorje was said to suffer from kidney problems as a result
of heavy labour. According to the Government, he was in good health;
(c)
Lobsang Tsondru, a monk in his 70s, was allegedly beaten by troops
during an April 1991 prison protest, and was said to suffer from heart
trouble. The Government replied that he was in normal health;
(d)
Ngawang Samten, a monk from Drepung, was said to suffer from
swollen joints as a result of hard labour. The Government replied that no
such person was a prisoner in Drapchi;
(e)
Tsering was said to have become deaf as a result of a severe
beating. According to the Government he was in good health;
(f)
Tanak Jigme Sangpo, who had allegedly been put in solitary
confinement in a cold cell in 1991 and 1992 after a protest, was said to
suffer from high blood pressure.
116. Reports were also received concerning the situation of Bao Tong,
serving a seven year prison sentence for 1989 political activities, who was
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