E/CN.A/1990/17 page 55 171. On 9 March 1989 the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent message to the Government of Zaire stating that more than 15 persons, including Mrs. Makake Nsumba and her baby, Messrs. Pierre Nsungululu, Kovula Mukoka Mweme, Joseph Mati, Lyandja Eseamu, Mutambayi, Kanambu and Makeng Nlandu were arrested on 17 January 1989 in Binza Ozone by members of SARM. They were then taken to Kinsuka, where they were reportedly tortured. Subsequently, soldiers took these persons to an unknown destination. Zimbabwe 172. On 8 February 1989 the Government of Zimbabwe addressed a letter to the Special Rapporteur referring to allegations contained in letters transmitted by him on 18 October 1985 and 17 July 1986, regarding four persons who had allegedly been tortured by the security forces. According to the Government, extensive investigations had been instituted and it was established that there was no record to indicate that the four persons concerned - Joseph Mbedzi, Mandubu Zengo, Daylight Komboni and Collen Mhlanga - had ever been arrested by the police. With regard to an allegation, transmitted in the letter dated 18 October 1985, of the kidnapping of 11 persons in Silobela, it was not known who could have perpetrated it and no official complaint had been lodged with competent authorities regarding that matter.