E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 150 two men were brought to a local farm where the other previously arrested agricultural workers were reportedly held. They were all allegedly beaten with a gun butt, knives and machine-guns for four hours. The farm’s employees were allegedly incited to kick them and to verbally threaten them. One of the movement’s leaders was allegedly submerged in water. It is reported that he was slapped on the ears and punched for five hours. According to the information received, on 14 November 1998, at 1.00 a.m., they were all taken to the police station at Wanderlândia. They reportedly underwent an official medical examination which allegedly registered lesions and marks consistent with the allegations. 331. Raimundo Lima de Sousa, an agricultural worker, was allegedly sentenced for the murder of a civil police officer and reportedly taken to the police station at Conceição do Araguaia, state of Pará, on 22 July 1998 and to the police station in Couto Magalhães, state of Tocantins, the next day. According to the information received, on 25 July 1998, two civil police officers and two police chiefs went to the police station, allegedly to transfer him to the police station in Colina, state of São Paulo when he reportedly died in his cell the same day. According to the police officials, he committed suicide. On 25 July, a medical examination was reportedly performed which supported the allegation of suicide. An inquiry was allegedly opened. Prior to his death, he had reportedly told two persons that he was being threatened with death and was afraid of being murdered on the way to Colina. According to the information received, new testimonies reinforced the hypothesis of police torture. The state attorney reportedly requested exhumation of the body. The Special Rapporteur would be grateful to receive information about the outcome of the inquiry. 332. Manoel Ribeiro Santana was allegedly arrested in Palmas on 7 January 1997 on suspicion of theft and taken to the 1st district police station. He was reportedly forced to sign a confession after having been kicked, punched and his head submerged in water. He was then allegedly transferred to the police station at Miranorte where he was kept handcuffed. Antônio Abreu de Carvalho, a 25-year-old salesman, was allegedly arrested at his house on 8 January 1998 at around 6.00 a.m., on suspicion of having bought a stolen sound machine from Manoel Ribeiro Santana. He was reportedly taken to an isolated area and beaten. He was allegedly taken to the police station and subsequently released. He is said to have been taken by his father to a hospital and then back to his house. At around 2.00 p.m., two police officers reportedly arrived at his house, took him to the police station to interrogate him and requested 200,000 reais from his father to close the case. The latter is said to have accepted and the son was allegedly taken again to the hospital, where it is believed that a doctor told him that he should look for another hospital. It is reported that he was transferred to another hospital where he allegedly died on the same day. His body is reported to have undergone an official medical examination which registered lesions compatible with the allegations. Two inquiries are said to have been opened. Although one of the inquiries allegedly accused two civil police officers, they have reportedly not been arrested. The other inquiry allegedly identifies two civil police officers and two police chiefs as responsible but is said to be still in process. The Special Rapporteur would be grateful to receive information about the outcome of the inquiries. 333. Deumir do Santo Pereira Freitas, a private security guard, was allegedly arrested by two civil police officers at his workplace in Palmas on 22 November 1999 on suspicion of theft. He was reportedly handcuffed and taken to a thicket area near a bridge where he is believed to have been punched several times in his stomach by a police officer in order to make him confess.