A/HRC/13/31 security police officers in January 2009. The other one concerned Yungjun Zhou, arrested on 25 September 2008, and last seen in March 2009, at Yantian Detention Centre in Shenzhen, Guangdong. Information from the Government 129. On 14 April 2009, a communication was received from the Government. Its content is as follows: “Receipt is hereby acknowledged of communication No. G/SO 217/1 CHINA from the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. The Chinese Government has looked into the matter carefully and wishes to make the following reply. China is a State governed by the rule of law, and its public security authorities deal with cases in strict accordance with the law. Gao Zhisheng is currently on probation in Beijing, and there is no question of any enforced disappearance. The Chinese Government respectfully requests that the foregoing be reproduced in its entirety in a relevant United Nations document.” 130. Two other communications were received on 6 June and 9 September 2009. The first regarding one case: the information included was insufficient to lead to a clarification. The second one could not be translated in time for inclusion in this report. Information from sources 131. Information was received from sources concerning two cases. Clarification 132. Following the expiration of the six-month rule, the Working Group decided to clarify three cases. Communications from the Working Group 133. On 12 October 2009, the Working Group, jointly with four other special procedures mechanisms, sent a communication concerning Ms. Liang Liwan who had been allegedly abducted on 23 September 2009, because of her activities related to forced evictions and demolitions. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 134. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 116 cases to the Government; of those, 11 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by sources, 77 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, and 28 remain outstanding. Observations 135. The Working Group calls upon the Government to sign and ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and accept the competence of the Committee under articles 31 and 32. 32 GE.09-17704

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