E/CN.A/1990/17 page 45 to be admitted to hospital. In addition to the aforementioned, it was reported that a number of persons from the Moneragala district, had been arrested by soldiers in the Kataragama Army Camp and were ill treated, or brutally assaulted, upon their arrest or while in detention. All were reportedly being held at the Moneragala Army Camp. The names of such persons, places of residence and dates of arrest were reported as follows: H.A. Dhanapala of Galbotawa Road, Waguruwela, Buttala; W.R.K. Ratnayaka of Galbotawa Road, Waguruwela, Buttala; Chandrasiri Kandeyaya of Galbotawa Road, Waguruwela, Buttala; A.M. Wijesundara of Temple Road, Waguruwela, Buttala; D.M. Karunaratne, of Menadana, Waguruwela, Buttala, detained on 1 January 1989; K.M. Jayasundera; J. Sunil, of 15th mile post, Kataragama Road, Buttala, arrested on 24 December 1988. He was reportedly passing blood with his urine, allegedly as a result of the ill-treatment to which he had been subjected; Herath Banda, of 15th mile post, Kataragama Road, Buttala; Gunapala, of 16th mile post, Kataragama Road, Buttala, arrested on 24 December 1988; Premaratna, of 18th mile post, Kataragama Road, Buttala, arrested on 1 January 1989; Gunatilaka, son of Okkampitiya, arrested on 7 December 1988; Wickramasingha, of 2nd mile post, arrested on 11 December 1988. It was further reported that Mr. Nadarajah Kamalanathan, a teacher at St. John's College, Jaffna, was arrested by the Indian Peace-keeping Force (IPKF) on 17 April 1988, for unkown reasons, and was released on 22 April 1988. In an affadavit submitted by him, he alleged that during his detention he had been badly tortured by members of the IPKF, and that as a result of his injuries he had been hospitalized for two months. Mr. Kamalanathan attached to his affidavit a medical certificate issued by the Governmental Hospital in Jaffna which appeared to corroborate his allegations. 144. On 18 December 1989 the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office at Geneva also transmitted information to the Special Rapporteur concerning the Sri Lankan Tamils who had been "forcibly returned" from the United Kingdom. The authorities in Sri Lanka had confirmed that they had been questioned by the Criminal Investigation Department upon their arrival in Sri Lanka. They had been released after questioning. It was stated that these persons had been questioned in order to ascertain whether they had connections with any illegal activities. The names of those questioned were the following: (1) Saravanamuthu Sivakumaran, (2) Navaratnasingham Vathanan, (3) Vinasathamby Rasalingam, (4) Vythialingam Skandarajah, (5) Nadarajah Vilvarajah. The police authorities had confirmed

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