E/CN.4/1992/17 page 15 (a) Kusang, a Buddhist nun, aged 23, was sentenced to six years' imprisonment and deprived of her political rights for two years, after being convicted of "repeated illegal activities aimed at the division of the fatherland". It was stated that she was in prison serving her sentence, and was in good health. Accusations that Kusang has been tortured or beaten while in prison were dismissed as "sheer nonsense". (b) La Baciren, referred to above as Lhakpa Tsering, was sentenced on 4 April 1990 to two years' imprisonment, and fell ill on 10 December 1990. The competent Chinese authorities actively arranged treatment for him but his illness was severe and emergency treatment proved ineffectual; he died on 15 December 1990. The Chinese authorities had arranged for experts to conduct a post-mortem, the upshot of which was that he had been suffering from pervasive peritonitis and acute, festering, lethal appendicitis. Mr. Baciren was in prison because he had broken the law, and this was strictly an internal Chinese matter; he died because he had fallen ill and emergency treatment was unavailing. According to the Government, to say he was "beaten to death" was totally without foundation. 47. Regarding the remaining four alleged cases of torture, the Government indicated that inquiries conducted by the competent authorities had concluded they were "pure fabrication". Colombia Urgent appeals and Government replies 48. On 9 January 1991, in reply to an urgent message from the Special Rapporteur of 20 July 1990 (E/CN.4/1991/17, para. 47) concerning Juan de Dios Moreno and Licinio Rentería, the Government of Colombia supplied information to the effect that both these persons had been released. However, the reply makes no reference to the allegations of torture. 49. On 26 December 1990 the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal to the Government of Colombia regarding Mr. Rodrigo Guisao, his son Alejandro Guisao, and Efraín N. Higuita, who were arrested on 11 December 1990 by soldiers of the Voltigeros Battalion, who had allegedly raided the homes of banana workers on the Prado Mer plantation, in the Currulao, in the municipality of Turbo, Uraba. On 12 December these persons were reportedly transferred to the battalion's base in Carepa. In view of earlier allegations about torture and ill-treatment of prisoners by members of the Voltigeros Battalion, fears were expressed about the physical integrity of these three people. 50. On 23 January and 13 February 1991 the Government reported that Rodrigo Guisao, Alejandro Guisao and Efraín Higuita had been released without charges and that they had told the Apartado Provincial Prosecutor that they had suffered no moral, physical or psychological ill-treatment at the hands of the armed forces. Letters and Government replies 51. On 14 February 1991 the Special Rapporteur sent a letter to the Government of Colombia transmitting information on the following cases of torture which had allegedly occurred during the second half of 1990: