E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 69 22. Francisco Antônio Moraes do Nascimento, a shoe shiner, was reportedly beaten up, kicked and whipped by a military policeman in front of the local police station in the Polo de Lazer in Barra do Ceará on 1 January 2000. It is believed that he was beaten because he did not have the necessary papers for carrying on his trade with him. An investigation is said to have been opened. The Special Rapporteur would be grateful to receive information about the outcome of the investigation. 23. José Iran Alencar was reportedly beaten up by policemen at the public prison of Potengi on 11 October 1999. He is said to have had wounds on the chest and on his head and to have undergone examinations at the Forensic Medical Institute. The case is said to have been reported to the authorities. Federal District of Brasilia 24. Juarez Fernado Leite and João Wellington Brandão were allegedly arrested on 23 September 1996 in Tocantins State and taken to a police station in Brasilia where they were allegedly beaten. According to the information received, they underwent an official medical examination on the same day and lesions consistent with their allegations were said to have been registered. They were allegedly taken back to the police station where, according to the information received, they were again beaten by police officers. It is said they underwent a second official medical examination on 25 September 1996. The medical report allegedly registered burns sustained through electric shocks. A judicial inquiry was reportedly opened. The policemen were believed to have been discharged on the grounds that it was impossible to know if the lesions had been caused in Tocantins or in the Federal District. The Special Rapporteur would be grateful to receive information about the outcome of the inquiry. 25. Frederico Breda Leite, a detainee at the 14th district police station in Brasilia, was allegedly beaten by two civil police officers on 29 November 1998. According to the information received, the police officers punched him, kicked him and subjected him to electric shocks in order to make him sign a confession to a vehicle theft. A judicial inquiry has reportedly been opened but allegedly not concluded. Public prosecutors are said to have lodged an official complaint against the policemen involved in the incident. The Special Rapporteur would be grateful to receive information about the outcome of the inquiry. State of Goías 26. Ascendino Caixeta da Silva was allegedly arrested in December 1999 on suspicion of robbery and taken to the Valpariso police station in Goiás where, according to the information received, he was beaten by police officers. He is said to have been later transferred to the Luziânia police station where he was reportedly beaten again. It is believed that visitors had seen lesions on his body consistent with his allegations. He reportedly testified about the incident; however, his testimony is said to have disappeared from the files of the administrative procedure that had been opened. It is believed that the accusation had been filed by the police corregedor. The Special Rapporteur would be grateful to receive information about the outcome of the inquiry.