A/HRC/4/58 page 7 The Government asked the Special Rapporteurs to note that Mr. Stephanian did not mention anything, as stated in the Special Rapporteur’s letter, regarding the fact that some State representatives requested various documents from PMMG. Mr. Stephanian did not name any person towards whom he would have had a reasonable doubt of being involved in the crime of robbery. In that respect, the Government drew the Special Representative’s attention to the fact that, unlike what is mentioned in his letter stating that all valuable equipment was left untouched, the following objects were missing from the office: six computer processors, one computer monitor, one television, a video recorder and a dictaphone. In the course of the investigation, staff members of PMMG and the members of other organizations in the same building have been questioned and none of the persons questioned confirmed the relevant paragraph of the letter regarding the threats towards staff members. While interrogated as witnesses, they have not mentioned any occasion of receiving threatening calls before the robbery of the office. Based on the above, at this stage of the investigation, the Government reported that it could not share the concerns expressed in the Special Representative’s letter. At the same time, the Government expressed its highest assurances that every measure would be taken in future in order to secure the interest of justice as well as human rights of the respective injured persons in this case. 13. India. On 12 September 2006, the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders sent an urgent appeal to the Government of India regarding indigenous lawyers and human rights defenders in India, including Yengkokpam Langamba Meitei (alias Thabi), Publicity Secretary of the Threatened Indigenous Peoples’ Society (TIPS) and spokesperson for Apunda Lup, a coalition of human rights organizations in Manipur, and Leitanthem Umakanta Meitei, a human rights lawyer and the Secretary General of TIPS. Leitanthem Umakanta Meitei was the subject of previous communications sent by several Special Rapporteurs on 15 September 2004 and 25 August 2006. According to the information received, on 23 August 2006, members of a paramilitary organization, the Assam Rifles, and Manipur police officers arrested Yengkokpam Langamba Meitei at his home. They searched his residence and transported him to the Police Station in Imphal where he was detained on allegations that he had stolen government files and burned a vehicle in Kamuchingjil. 14. The next day, members of the Manipur police and officers of the Assam Rifles reportedly arrested Leitanthem Umakanta Meitei at his home, at approximately 4 a.m., without an arrest warrant. The police took 15 CDs containing information related to TIPS, a number of books, including 3 from the International Labour Organization, and a mobile phone belonging to his wife. An arrest warrant was later produced and shown to Leitanthem Umakanta Meitei’s wife and brother when they went to visit him at the Imphal Police Station. 15. It is further reported that Yengkokpam Langamba Meitei and Leitanthem Umakanta Meitei were tortured while in detention and were denied access to legal representation. They were both accused of association with the illegal terrorist organization Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) - the “Organisation to Save the Revolutionary Movement in Manipur” - and charged under sections 38 and 39 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (1967), charges which they categorically denied. They were reportedly remanded in custody for a further 15 days and were due to appear before the court on 13 September.