E/CN.4/2001/66 page 116 590. Abdullah Yusri, a government official at the Information Department in north Aceh from Lam Kule Peusangan Subdistrict, was reportedly assaulted on 5 July 2000 by the first corporal and the commander of the Mobile Brigade. He was said to have been given 12 blows to his head with wooden sticks, to have been kicked 4 times in the chest and 3 times on his back. As a result, he reportedly sustained a wound to his head, frequent spells of dizziness and pains in his chest. 591. Ahmad Ishak was reportedly arrested at his home on 28 May 2000. Officers of the Rajawali military personnel stationed at Keude Geurobak village, reportedly transferred him to the Rajawali Armed Forces Headquarters. The nail of his thumb was pulled out and he was kicked in the chest, reportedly leading to his bleeding from the mouth. His penis was reportedly burned with plastic and he was forced to eat green chilli pepper. 592. Mudaris A. Wahab, an 11-year-old schoolboy from Jambo Rehat village, was reportedly struck on his head and chest, slapped on his cheek and hit with a rifle butt on the nape of his neck by 24 military police officers on 2 May 2000. The officers are said to have wanted to extract information from the boy on the whereabouts of his father. 593. Ridwan Mahmud Amin, a 10-year-old schoolboy from Panton Rayeuk village, was reportedly ill-treated on the morning of 6 May 2000 and on 9 May 2000 in front of the military command post of Rajawali by two members of the armed forces. He was said to have been slapped twice on the cheek, struck on the head and chest and kicked. 594. Muchsin, a 17-year-old student from Air Berudang village, and members of his family were reportedly in their home in the evening of 19 April 2000, when two members of the South Aceh Police Resort and the Military Command 0101 of South Aceh are said to have fired bullets, hitting and fracturing Muchsin’s right leg, killing Muchsin’s cousin and wounding his elder sister. 595. Irwan M. Yunus, a humanitarian worker from Ladang Tuha village was reportedly hit in the stomach, slapped on his ears and kicked by members of the Mobile Brigade of Regiment III, Jakarta on 16 July 2000 at the Rasian refugee camp. 596. Abu Bakar Ramli, a 13-year-old schoolboy from Idi Rayeuk subdistrict, was reportedly ill-treated by 12 members of the armed forces of the Rajawali military command post at a friend’s house on 6 May 2000. He was said to have been subsequently brought to the Rajawali military command post at the Afdeling II of the Alue Air Merah village. The military command personnel reportedly dragged him from his bed onto the floor by his feet, kicked him and slapped him three times on his cheeks. 597. Sukardi, a member of an environmental and community development group called the Indonesian Bamboo Thicket Institute (Yayasan Rumpun Bambu Indonesia) (YRBI), was reportedly abducted in the vicinity of Sawang district police command (Polsek) on 31 January 2000. His body was said to have been discovered the following day around eight kilometres from the YRBI office, bearing serious injuries, such as bruising, swelling, a broken right hand with several muscles exposed, as well as shot wounds in the chest and the back of his legs. His death is believed to be linked to his activities as a community activist.