E/CN.4/1995/34 page 96 writer and U Sein Hla Oo, a journalist and the daughter of Daw San San Nwe, were reportedly arrested in Yangon on 4 or 5 August. Their place of detention was unknown (11 August 1994). Information received from the Government on cases included in previous reports 497. On 3 November 1993 the Special Rapporteur transmitted to the Government allegations in the cases of U Aye Lwin, Nai Sein Aung Kyi, Maung Nyan Pwa and U Aung Thein. On 24 January 1994 the Government replied that the individuals had not been subjected to torture and ill-treatment in Myanmar. The Government also submitted information with respect to these cases, which is summarized in the following paragraphs. 498. The Special Rapporteur had received information indicating that Aye Luwin died in December 1992 from internal injuries sustained after a severe beating by a prison official at Insein prison. According to the reply by the Government, U Aye Lwin had not been subjected to torture at Insein prison. In November 1992 he fell ill and vomited blood and was taken to the prison hospital on 27 November, but died from his illness. A post-mortem carried out by the police surgeon at Yongon General Hospital showed no external injury to the body and no fractures to the skull, vertebrae or ribs. His heart and valve were swollen and his liver showed signs of chronic heart disease. The cause of death was certified as an inflammation of the heart muscles and cardiac arrest. 499. According to the information transmitted to the Government, Nai Sein Aung Kyi had been arrested and beaten severely and his wife, Mi Thaw, had been raped by members of the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) Infantry Battalion No. 31. According to the Government, Naing Sein Aung Kyi was picked up while drifting alone in Thanbyuzayt by the No. 62 Infantry Battalion and he asked to be a guide for military operations. He was taken to the No. 31 Infantry Battalion where he rested for four days and resumed his work as a guide. The allegation that his hands were broken was untrue. His wife was in fact a person named Daw Leik, and there was no person named "Mi Thaw" at Thanbyuzayat. Neither Daw Leik nor a person named "Mi Thaw" had visited him as alleged. 500. According to the information received by the Special Rapporteur, Maung Nyan Pwa and his father U Aung Thein were tortured by members of Infantry Battalion No. 97 after they had been arrested together with 100 men on the Zabu Aye boat in the Jine river. Maung Nyan Pwa allegedly had his right eyeball and eyelid smashed and his father was beaten to death with rifle butts. According to the Government, it was not true that the No. 97 Infantry Battalion had rounded up about 100 people on 10 January 1993. The Zabu Aye was not found to be sailing on the Jaing river. The names Maung Nyan Pwa and U Aung Thein could not be found in the records.