E/CN.4/1995/34 page 114 597. Further information was also transmitted on the cases of Kim Sam-sok and Kim Un-ju, with regard to whom an urgent appeal had been addressed to the Government on 24 September 1993. In the reply provided on 22 October 1993 the Government stated that they had been treated humanely during interrogation and that no complaint had been filed by their family members or attorney with regard to their treatment in detention. According to the additional information received, Kim Sam-sok told his lawyer on 7 October 1993 that he had been stripped naked on several occasions and sexually assaulted by ANSP in order to force him to make a confession. On 20 September he attempted to commit suicide by hitting his head against a wall. On 21 September his wife was permitted to visit him and reported that his neck was in a cast, his head was swollen and his face was badly bruised and that he was unable to sit down because of a back injury. As for Kim Un-ju, she reportedly informed her lawyer that she had been deprived of sleep for several days after her arrest, was slapped and shaken, and was forced to do repeated physical exercises. She also reportedly stated that interrogators had threatened to strip her and abuse her sexually and that she made a confession which she later denied. 598. On 12 November 1992 the Special Rapporteur communicated to the Government information received about the allegations of torture inflicted upon Kim Nak-jung and Noh Jong-sun, arrested in August 1992 and taken to ANSP. On 15 July 1993 the Government replied that after their arrest they had been permitted to meet their lawyers and that the allegations of beatings and sleep deprivation were unfounded. However, further information received indicated that Kim Nak-jung was not allowed to see his lawyer for 13 days and was in fact held incommunicado during that period. On 15 September he was transferred to the Seoul detention centre where he mentioned to visitors, who could see a scar on his head and bruises on his arms, that he had been deprived of sleep and beaten all over his body by a group of ANSP agents using clubs. As for Noh Jong-sun, he reportedly stated during his trial in early 1993 that his statements to ANSP and the prosecutor had been coerced by means of humiliation and use of brutal force. Urgent appeals 599. On 28 March 1994 the Special Rapporteur transmitted an urgent appeal on behalf of Hwang Seung-hyun, Lee Yoon-jung, Lee Sang-yeop, Jang Gee-bum, Kim Mee-Kyung, Lee Kwon-Seop, members and supporters of the singing troupe Heemangsae, who were arrested on 24 March by about 15 plainclothes police officers who produced no arrest warrant. They were taken to the Security Division of Seoul police headquarters. The arrest reportedly took place after the troupe members had participated in a peaceful rally to demand the release of five other Heemangsae members detained on 21 and 22 February, apparently suspected of planning to stage a musical based on a book which the authorities maintained praised the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea. 600. On 20 May 1994 the Government replied that a warrant for the arrest of the six troupe members had been issued on 24 March 1994 and that they had been allowed to meet their attorney on the day of their arrest. On 25 March Lee Yoon-Jung and Lee Sang Yeop were held under the arrest warrants, but the other detainees were released. On 26 March, Lee Yoon-Jung’s mother and