E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 127 The corregedoria of the military police is said to have opened an administrative inquiry about the incident. The Special Rapporteur would be grateful to receive information on the outcome of the inquiry. 259. José Oliveira Rocha da Silva, detained at the José Chaves Penal Colony in Natal, was reportedly injured by military police officers on 12 July 1998. Military police officers allegedly told prisoners to get back into their cells and some of them allegedly resisted. Three police officers reportedly shot at them to intimidate them. José da Silva was allegedly hurt by a bullet in his neck. He was reportedly taken to the Santa Catarina Hospital. According to the information received, he underwent an official medical examination. A judicial inquiry was reportedly opened. The Special Rapporteur would be grateful to receive information on the outcome of the inquiry. State of São Paulo 260. Luciano Gomes Chacon, detained at the 11th district police station at the time of the interview with the Special Rapporteur, had reportedly gone to the traffic authorities to renew his driver’s licence around the end of April 2000. From there, he was reportedly brought to the 11th district police station, where he was allegedly forced to sign a statement that he was guilty of assault without a weapon. The police reportedly hit him with iron bars and wooden sticks on his back and legs, punched him and slapped him in the face. He was said not to have been allowed to read the paper he was signing. The victim of an assault was reportedly forced to say that Luciano Gomes Chacon had committed the assault. At the time of the interview, on 27 August 2000, marks compatible with his allegation, such as a scar on his back, were still visible. 261. Valdemar Lopes Leitaó, detained at the 11th district police station at the time of the interview with the Special Rapporteur on 27 August 2000, was reportedly arrested in March 1999 for having killed a man accused of rape who was allegedly waiting for Valdemar Lopes Leitaó’s daughter. The police reportedly approached him in a vehicle at high speed and shot him in the upper leg. The police is said to have brought him to the delegacia for homicides (DHPP)/Deaga in downtown São Paulo, to have handcuffed him with rubber, to have made him kneel down and to have severely beaten him. He was reportedly made to sign a statement taking responsibility for other murders. In court, he was reportedly considered a re-offender. Five days after the beating, a medical exam was allegedly carried out, during which he explained that he had been beaten. He was reportedly waiting for a second forensic examination to take place. 262. Carlos Augusto Carvalho Oliveira, detained at the 11th district police station at the time of the interview with the Special Rapporteur on 27 August 2000, was reportedly arrested on 25 October 1999 on his way to a dental appointment, on accusation of robbery/assault. He was said to have been taken to the 11th district police station, where he was reportedly beaten, kicked on his left leg until it swelled up and kicked in the chest until he nearly vomited blood. Four days later, he was allegedly taken to a medical examination, still bearing several marks of the beatings. He reportedly explained to the doctor everything that had happened, but did not know whether she noted everything down. He was allegedly sentenced to five years and four months in a half-open regime, and is said to be appealing the judgement.