E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 101 Council. The Office of the Public Prosecutor has allegedly been informed about the case and is said to be investigating. It is believed that the police officer accused of involvement in the accident have not been punished or reprimanded. 155. F.P.C., aged 14, was allegedly beaten by a military police officer on 26 April 1998 in Tucumã. His cousin was allegedly playing soccer and got into a fight on the football field. The officers reportedly saw the incident and started to beat everyone involved. When F.P.C. allegedly asked them to stop, an officer reportedly started to beat him up. As a result, he reportedly almost lost consciousness. The Guardianship Council allegedly informed the Office of the Public Prosecutor about the incident. According to the information received, no official inquiry has been opened. 156. José de Souza Porto was allegedly beaten by a civil police officer from Redenção on 3 September 1999 during a party in Rio Maria. It is said that while he was being beaten three military police officers arrived and started to beat him as well. According to the information received, he was taken to a police station where he was reportedly kept for 24 hours. The military police are believed to have been informed about the incident. According to the police, the civil police officer who allegedly beat him has been indicted. 157. Ricardo da Silva, aged 18, Manoel da Silva, aged 26, and José dos Santos, aged 22, were allegedly arrested on 15 December 1999 by military police officers and taken to a police station in Rio Maria, where they were reportedly kept for 24 hours and beaten by a civil police officer. According to the police, there is no register of the incident at the Rio de Maria police station. 158. Elvis Marques Teixeira, a 21-year-old manual worker, was allegedly punched by two police officers at a party on 8 October 1999 in Marabá. According to the information received, the next day he was reportedly arrested by the two officers. He was allegedly taken to the police station of Morada Nova where he is said to have been beaten by four military police officers and threatened with death with a gun pointed at his head. He allegedly lost four teeth due to the beatings. He was subsequently released. In police custody, he allegedly had no access to a lawyer or any other person. The local media were reportedly informed about the incident and a police inquiry is said to have been opened. According to the information received, since the incident he reportedly has been receiving death threats. 159. Adalio Martins Queiroz, a public employee, had reportedly been asked by a friend to inquire about a colleague who had been arrested at a song festival. On 16 March 1998, he allegedly asked two police officers whether they had arrested the woman concerned and then went to the police station in São Geraldo de Araguaia, where he spoke to her. When he left, he reportedly drove past a police car on his motorcycle which flashed its lights at him. When he stopped, the police officers are said to have told him that he was following them and for that reason they were arresting him. He reportedly replied that they could not arrest him, whereupon they allegedly drew a gun and fired at Adaildo Martins Queiroz. Many people were reportedly watching. The police officers argued with Adaildo Martins Queiroz about the machete tied to his motorcycle with which he had been working. The police officers allegedly suggested that they all go to talk to the lieutenant. Thinking that the latter might have some training, Adaildo Martins Queiroz decided to go with the police and got into the police vehicle. The officers are