E/CN.4/1994/31 page 132 652. With respect to the safeguards against ill-treatment of persons detained in custody for questioning, the Government informed the Special Rapporteur that in the case of non-terrorist suspects the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 introduced safeguards affecting police power, the rights of persons in police detention, police discipline and complaints against the police. It also introduced codes of practice in connection with powers of search and seizure of property, detention, treatment, questioning and identification. This legislation constituted a major package of reforming legislation. 653. All interviews with terrorist suspects under arrest were also subject to a range of statutory safeguards. Suspects under arrest were given the right to have someone informed of their arrest, to be informed of the grounds for their arrest and to consult a solicitor. The continued detention of a suspect had to be reviewed periodically by a review officer unconnected with the case. All interviews with terrorist suspects were monitored by uniformed officers (who had no other dealing with the case) with the aid of close-circuit television. In addition, the Government had announced that it would appoint an independent commissioner to oversee the holding centres. 654. The procedure for investigation of complaints was governed by the Police (Northern Ireland) Order 1987. Complaints of ill-treatment were investigated by RUC. The investigation might be directly supervised by the Independent Commission for Police Complaints, if it so chose. 655. Once the investigation had been completed, a full report, together with the views of the Deputy Chief Constable of RUC on the incident, was submitted to the Independent Commission for Police Complaints. Depending on the outcome of the investigation, the case might then be referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland, who was entirely independent of both police and government. Disciplinary charges might be brought against the police officer or officers concerned if this was thought necessary by the police or the Independent Commission for Police Complaints. United Republic of Tanzania Information transmitted to the Government 656. By letter dated 26 August 1993 the Special Rapporteur informed the Government of reports he had received concerning Mahimbo Kaoneka, a retired civil servant and chairman of the registered political party Chama Cha Demokrasi, who was arrested on 19 December 1992 on Msimbazi Street, in the city centre of Dar es Salaam. He was taken to the Msimbazi police station where he was alleged to have been severely beaten by several officers, who did not tell him the reason for his arrest. He was released the following day. A doctor at the Muhimbili medical centre who examined him on 21 December found that one of his ribs had been broken and his right eye damaged.