E/CN.4/1995/34 page 113 His wife was also arrested on 14 October and held for 48 hours during which time she was allegedly hit and threatened with not being allowed to see her baby for a substantial period of time. On 15 January 1993 Lee Kun-hee was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment under the National Security Law and the Military Secrets Protection Law. 592. Choi Chin-sop, a journalist working for the journal Mal, was arrested by officials of ANSP on 14 September 1992 and taken to the ANSP interrogation facility where for several days he was allegedly deprived of sleep. He was also said to have been beaten, stripped naked, forced to stand in the same position for long periods of time and forced to crawl with his hands behind his back and his head against the floor. On 24 February 1993 he was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment under the National Security Law. 593. Son Pyong-son, a former politician, was arrested without a warrant on 26 September 1992 by officials of ANSP. At the ANSP interrogation facility he was reportedly beaten by teams of interrogators over a period of several days and forced to do repeated and strenuous physical exercises, such as squatting with his arms stretched out, standing on his head and standing on his hands. He was allegedly permitted only a few hours of sleep each day, was not permitted to see his lawyer until 5 October and was denied access to his family members until 17 October when he was transferred to a prison. In February 1993 he was sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of joining an "anti-State" organization and passing State secrets to the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea and was being held in Chonju prison. 594. Park Seok-jin was arrested in July 1993 and sentenced to 1½ years’ imprisonment for deserting after making a "declaration of conscience" expressing his objection to completing his compulsory military service as a riot policeman. On 19 January 1994 he was allegedly beaten, tied with rope and ankle chains and put into a small "punishment" cell for 48 hours at Yongdungpo prison. Although the rope and ankle chain were subsequently removed he was subjected to a one-month term of close confinement for having failed to stand to attention when the director of the prison entered his cell on 19 January 1994. Follow-up to cases already transmitted to the Government 595. By the same letter, the Special Rapporteur informed the Government that he had received additional information regarding a number of cases previously transmitted to the Government which in some respects contradicted the replies provided by the latter. 596. On 22 July 1993 the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal to the Government on behalf of Noh Tae-hun, arrested on 15 July 1993. On 5 August 1993 the Government replied by indicating the circumstances of the arrest and subsequent detention of Noh Tae-hun and mentioning the fact that he had not been restricted from meeting his attorneys or family members. Further information received from the sources referred to the fact that Noh Tae-hun had been deprived of sleep during lengthy interrogation sessions. During the first 48 hours of his detention he was allegedly allowed less than two hours’ sleep.