E/CN.4/1990/17 page 44 (a) Wijedasa Liyanarachchi, a lawyer, died in Colombo General Hospital on 2 September 1988 after having been arrested on 25 August 1988; it was also reported that three police officers were arrested and prosecuted in connection with his death; (b) Kulasekeram Sunthareswaran, aged 20, from Chavakachcheri, Jaffna district, was arrested on 22 December 1987. On 5 January 1988 his dead body was identified by a relative at Kannapiddy cemetery; (c) Suppan Nadarajah, aged 38, from Tellipalai, was taken into IPKF custody on 11 June 1988 and died on the same day. According to eye-witnesses he died as a result of torture, and not from heart failure, as was affirmed in a statement issued by the IPKF; (d) Rayappu Jesurajah was arrested on 12 July 1988 by IPKF personnel from Sampur. He died on 18 July 1988, allegedly after being tortured; (e) Jude Zacharias Chandrakumar, aged 17, from Jaffna, was arrested on 26 November 1988 and taken to IPKF camp at Jaffna railway station. His dead body was found the next day bearing gunshot injuries and marks of torture. 142. On 18 December 1989 the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office at Geneva transmitted the following information to the Special Rapporteur in response to his letter of 19 July 1989: "(a) Dr. Athula Sumathipala. The case concerning the arrest of Dr. Sumathipala, including the allegations of torture, was examined by the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, consequent to a fundamental rights application filed in the Supreme Court on behalf of Dr. Sumathipala. subsequently Dr. Sumathipala withdrew his allegations. "(b) Ms. G. Samanthilaka. Authorities inform that this case has not yet been taken up. Information will be made available once investigations have been completed. "(c) Mr. W. Livanarachchi. After investigations by the authorities concerning the death of Mr. Liyanarachchi, three police officers have been charged in the High Court of Colombo. This case was scheduled for hearing in the High Court in early December 1989 and more information will be forwarded once the case is concluded by the judicial authorities." 143. On 2 October 1989 the Special Rapporteur addressed a letter to the Government of Sri Lanka transmitting information alleging that two of the six Tamil men who had been forcibly returned from the United Kingdom to Sri Lanka in February 1988 had been arrested following their return, on suspicion of having links with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam movement (LTTE), and were allegedly tortured. They were named as Vythialingam Skandarajah and Navaratnasingam Vathanan. Mr. Skandarajah was reportedly detained by Indian Peace-keeping Force (IPKF) personnel on his way to Jaffna. During the interrogation he was badly beaten and clubbed on various parts of his body. He was kept in detention for over 10 weeks and was then released. Mr. Vathanan was detained for one night in May 1988 at Pettah police station in Colombo. He was questioned about his links with the LTTE, and was beaten and kicked by three Sinhalese constables. Mr. Vathanan suffered severe stomach pains, allegedly as a result of the beating he had received, and had