E/CN.4/1990/17 page 76 C. Follow-up to visits 255. By letters dated 23 June 1989, addressed to the Governments of Peru, the Republic of Korea and Turkey, the Special Rapporteur requested those Governments to inform him of any measures they may have taken in pursuance of the recommendations made following his visits to their countries (see E/CN.4/1989/15, paras. 187, 208 and 233, respectively). Republic of Korea 256. On 12 October 1989 the Government of the Republic of Korea addressed a letter to the Special Rapporteur, containing a detailed description of measures taken in pursuance of the aforementioned recommendations. The letter read as follows: "Recommendation (a) "Police officials are to be punished unless they observe the articles 72, 87 and 213 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, concerning the arrested person's right of prompt access to a lawyer and the obligation to inform the arrested person's relatives about the arrest. "This year new measures have been introduced to protect the human rights of suspected persons when they are requested to appear voluntarily and report to the police, as follows: - They are able to refuse the request. - They shall be informed, in advance, of the place where they are to report; they shall have the right to leave the police premises at any time. - Their relatives shall be informed of the reason why the suspected persons are asked to report to the police and the persons' whereabouts. - They shall be permitted to correspond with their relatives without delay. - They shall not be forced to reply against their will. "Recomrnendation (b) "The 48-hour rule and the 10-day period are to be strictly observed. "Especially upon the instruction of the Director General of the National Police on 4 June 1988, every case which does not take a 10-day period to investigate should be brought before the prosecutor within seven days with the aim of protecting the human rights of the accused, as much as possible. "Recommendation (c) "The Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office has given instructions not to investigate a case elsewhere than officially recognized locations.