E/CN.4/2000/9 page 80 information on the maximum security prison since neither specific incidents nor dates were mentioned in the communication to the Government. The Government further indicated that there is no evidence that any complaints were filed with the competent authorities. 386. The Government replied to a number of individual cases previously transmitted. 387. Concerning Waheed El-Sayid Ahmed Abdulla (ibid., para. 194), the Government replied that he was arrested on 9 April 1998 by the head of the Belqas Investigation Department on suspicion of theft. The Government indicated that during questioning at the police station, he took ill and was returned home where he died that day. An investigation was commenced by the Department of Public Prosecutions. Witnesses have been questioned and an autopsy report has been ordered. The Government stated that the Prosecutor detained the head of the Belqas Investigation Department along with other members of the Department, initially for 15 days and later a further 45 days, after which time they were released on bail. Pursuant to a ministerial decision, an officer was suspended until the conclusion of the investigation. A case against the members of the Investigation Unit has commenced, but the hearing dates have not been set. 388. Concerning Adem Mahmoud Adem (ibid., para. 196), the Government replied that on 26 November 1996, a detective sergeant from the Moharram Bek police accompanied by a detachment of police officers approached him to ask his identity when they saw him on the street and deemed him to be suspicious. The Government replied that when the officers approached him, he suddenly fainted and was taken to the Coptic Hospital where he died. The hospital reported the incident to the police and an administrative report (number 14766/1996) was prepared. Thereafter, the Department of Public Prosecutions conducted an investigation, which included interviews with the deceased's nephews and other persons accompanying him at the time of the incident. His nephews told the investigation that two of the officers pulled their uncle causing him to fall and then dragged him, before leaving him when they saw that he had an artificial leg. They said that officers then took him to the hospital where he died. The Government stated that the detained suspects who were with the detective sergeant were questioned and denied that there had been any act of aggression against the deceased, as did the police officers and detective sergeant involved. The Government indicated that the forensic examination revealed the cause of death was pathological and caused by a recent blood clot in the coronary artery which may have been escalated, but in a normal healthy person, not caused by intense emotion resulting from the incident. The Government finally replied that on 4 January 1997, the Department of Public Prosecutions closed the case as the death was the natural result of a pathological condition and as there was no proof that he was dragged on the ground. 389. Concerning Ahmed Mahmoud Youssif (ibid., para. 204), the Government replied that he was arrested on 25 May 1997 by an officer from the Zagazig police station for harassing citizens. The Government indicated that he was carrying a sharp knife, which was confiscated. He was later released and submitted a complaint (number 5150/1997) of having been beaten during his arrest by the officer in charge of the Zagazig police station, citing two witnesses. An investigation conducted by the Department of Public Prosecutions revealed an injury to his upper back. The Prosecution recommended that the case be closed and the charges dropped due a discrepancy between the findings of the