A/HRC/4/41 page 51 Summary of the situation prior to the period under review 235. The one outstanding case of disappearance concerns a Japanese national who was reportedly abducted in Japan by agents of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in 1977. Of the nine cases of disappeared Japanese nationals reported to the Working Group, this is the only case not acknowledged by the authorities of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 236. In the past and during the year under review, the Working Group has transmitted one case to the Government. This case of a disappeared person remains outstanding before the Working Group. Jordan Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 2 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent under the standard the urgent action procedure procedure 0 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 1 0 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 0 Multiple replies on some cases General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 2 Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) N/A Government response Government response Government response N/A N/A N/A Information from the Government 237. With respect to the case of an Indian national who was allegedly arrested by Syrian border police, the Government communicated information on 13 April 2006 on the movements through border checkpoints of Jordan of all persons with the same name as the subject. However, the Working Group decided that this information was insufficient to clarify the case. Information from sources 238. No information was received from sources regarding outstanding cases. Summary of the situation prior to the period under review 239. Of the two cases reported to the Working Group, one concerns an Iraqi national who was allegedly abducted by Iraqi intelligence services and the other an Indian national who was allegedly arrested in Jordan, close to the border with the Syrian Arab Republic, by Syrian border police. The other case concerns a political activist who was allegedly arrested by Jordanian security officials and deported to the Sudan.