A/HRC/4/33/Add.1 Page 64 Para 42. Country Date 31/08/06 Type JUA Mandate RINT; TOR; Allegations transmitted as were the phones of many of his relatives, who also received warnings from the police. Mr Gao’s whereabouts remain unknown. The Special Rapporteur (TOR) recalls that he strongly protested to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs against the intimidation and surveillance by the security services that Mr Gao was subjected to during their meeting in Beijing on 20 November 2005 (E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.6, para. 10; and Appendix 3, paras. 2-3). Moreover, he regrets that despite the numerous further allegations of threats and intimidation he has received concerning Mr Gao, no measures have been carried out by the Government to investigate and prevent them. Bu Dongwei (also known as David Bu), aged 38, Falun Gong practitioner. On 19 May 2006, he was detained by around seven police officers at his home in the Haidian District of Beijing. On 19 June, he was assigned to two and a half years reeducation through labour by the Beijing Reeducation Through Labour Committee, which has the power to impose periods of arbitrary detention without charge or trial. He was accused of ‘resisting the implementation of national laws’ and ‘disturbing social order’. Despite repeated requests to the authorities, his family have not been told where he is being detained although unconfirmed reports have been received that he may have been transferred to Tuanhe Reeducation Through Labour facility in Beijing on 21 August. There are concerns that he is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. Bu Dongwei had previously served a term of ten months re- Government Response At the time this report was finalized, the reply of the Government of 28/11/06 had not been translated.