E/CN.4/1992/17 page 62 178. On 6 August 1991 the Special Rapporteur addressed a letter to the Government of Peru transmitting information on the following cases of alleged torture: (a) Juan Apolinario González, a trade-union leader, arrested on 10 March 1991 by members of the security police in Paramonga, Lima. He was taken to Security Police headquarters, where he was allegedly beaten and tortured, among other things keeping his head under water and electric shocks. On 11 March he was taken to Technical Police Headquarters, where he underwent an official medical examination and was then released. On 14 March he filed a complaint of torture with the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor in Barranca, and with the Office of the Prosecutor for Human Rights and Defence of the People; (b) Juan Arnaldo Salomé Adauto, 22 years old, a craftsman living in Sapallanga, Huancayo, arrested on 24 April 1991 by four heavily-armed men in peasant clothing. He was taken to the "9 December" military barracks, where he was allegedly subjected to torture, including beatings, electric shocks, being strung up by the feet and hands and forcibly held in water to confess to being a member of "Sendero Luminoso". On 11 June, one day after Mr. Salomé Adauto managed to escape from the barracks, four armed men in peasant clothing allegedly searched his home and beat his two brothers, 11-year-old Victor Luis and 17-year-old Rodolfo Alberto. 179. On 9 December 1991, the Government reported, with regard to the case of Juan Apolinario González, that it had not been proven that he had been subjected to torture by members of the Security Police in Paramonga. Philippines Urgent appeals and Government replies 180. On 28 December 1990 the Government of the Philippines sent a letter to the Special Rapporteur in reply to his urgent appeal dated 12 September 1989 (E/CN.4/1990/17, para. 127), transmitting a list of 25 detainees suspected of membership in the New People's Army, who were allegedly tortured while in detention. A case report prepared by the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines was attached to the letter, providing further details on the investigation of the case. It confirmed that 21 of the 25 still in detention claimed having been tortured, and added the following: "The Commission on Human Rights immediately directed its Quick Reaction Team (QRT) to visit the detainees, but the team was not allowed to see the detainees for lack of written authorization from the Chairman of the Commission. Thus, on 31 July 1989, by virtue of a mission order, officers from the Legal Aid and Counselling Division of the Commission went to Camp Bagong Diwa, together with the Medical Action Group personnel headed by Dr. Annabel Sumayao, to conduct medical check-up of the 25 detainees. The officers recommended that the case of the detainees be referred immediately to their lawyers so that their rights will be protected. ... The Commission's Quick Reaction Team, who went to Camp Bagong Diwa to get the affidavits and for a medical check-up by the CHR Forensic Chiefs was informed that the detainees had already given