E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 66 head, tried to suffocate him, kicked him and punched him on several occasions. It is reported that the Forensic Medical Institute (IML) registered lesions consistent with his allegations. The office of the corregedor reportedly opened an inquiry in 1998. The Special Rapporteur would be grateful to receive information about the outcome of the inquiry. State of Bahia 8. Mônica Ferreira da Silva was allegedly beaten by the delegado and her son in front of the police station of Ibicuí on 31 January 1999. She was reportedly punched, kicked and slapped on her head and ears because she had allegedly verbally insulted the wife of the police chief. According to the information received, the beatings produced lesions on her cervical column and she could not move her right arm. The police chief reportedly nicknamed her “little neck” and he is reported to refer to her publicly in this manner. She was reported to have been taken to the Ibicuí hospital where she underwent an official medical examination on 12 February 1999. The incident was allegedly reported to the Secretariat for Public Security on 19 March 1999. According to the information received, the official medical examination report has disappeared from the regional police station of Itapetinga. 9. M.S., aged 17, and Israel da Silva Quirino were allegedly arrested by military police officers from the 6th Battalion on 9 June 1999 in Salvador, on suspicion of using drugs. They were slapped in the face several times. The minor is reported to have admitted under pressure to having used drugs. It is said that he was taken to the 7th district police station where he was detained. He was allegedly released a few days later. 10. José Carlos Machado, Carlos Alberto Araújo, Roberto Cruz Santos, Marcos Martins, Antônio Carlos Cafezeiro, Marcos Davi da Silva Dantas, Adevaldo Mirando de Souza, Ronaldo da Silva Santana, Reginaldo Ferreira dos Santos, Ademar Jesus dos Santos, Wilian Nunes dos Santos, Luiz Carlos Azevedo dos Santos, Nivaldo Silva de Jesus Filho, Givânio Vieira da Silva, Idalício Pereira da Paixão, Giovani dos Santos Senna, Luzimar Silvestre Alves, Josué de Araújo, Vanderval Lima Viana, Aloísio Pereira de Brito, Valdício dos Santos and Fernando Rosendo da Silva, all detainees at Lemos Britos Prison in Salvador, were reportedly beaten by military police officers on 19 January 2000, allegedly with the approval of the prison’s board of directors. It is reported that Catholic clergy visiting the jail observed marks and lesions on the prisoners’ bodies. Some of them are said to have undergone an official medical examination which allegedly registered lesions consistent with their allegations 11. Walter de Jesus, Carpegiane de Oliveira and Delson Julio de Aragão Filho were reportedly arrested by six military police officers on 29 September 1997 in Itamaraju. The police officers allegedly took them to an isolated area close to a river and tried to drown them several times in order to make them confess to the shooting of a police officer which had occurred nearby. They were then reportedly beaten by the police officers. A judicial inquiry is said to have been opened. The Special Rapporteur would be grateful to receive information about the outcome of the inquiry. 12. José Carlos Vieira da Silva, José Roberto Vieira da Silva and U.S.N., a minor, were reportedly taken to a police unit in Salvador on 22 March 1997 for having allegedly stolen a