A/HRC/19/58 Deprivation, Probation, Parole or Medical Parole by the Public Security Organ‖, GAO was put under inspection and supervision by the public security organ. According to the above laws, with approval from the public security authorities, offenders sentenced to probation can relocate or leave their residence. GAO used to write and meet his family, and said he was doing well in life and was in good health for the past few months. II. China is a country ruled by law. The judiciary strictly complies with the law when handling cases. In this respect, no torture was ever applied to GAO, let alone any ―enforced disappearance‖. The Chinese Government respectfully requests that the full text of the above be recorded in the relevant UN documents.‖ 161. In the second communication, dated 14 July 2011, the Government replied to the urgent appeal transmitted on 11 May 2011. 162. The third communication, dated 11 October 2011, could not be translated in time for inclusion in the present report. Information from sources 163. Information was received from sources concerning three outstanding cases. As a result, one case was clarified. Clarification 164. Based on the information provided by sources, the Working Group decided to clarify one case. Press releases 165. On 8 April 2011, the Working Group issued a press release showing serious concern at the wave of enforced disappearances that allegedly took place in China over the previous few months. The Working Group reminded that enforced disappearance is a crime under international law and that even short-term secret detentions can qualify as enforced disappearances. In addition, the Working Group stressed that there can never be an excuse to disappear people, especially when those persons are peacefully expressing their dissent with the Government of their country. In this press release, the Working Group also indicated that it continues to monitor cases which occurred in the past, including Messrs. Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, known as the 11th Panchen Lama, Gao Zhisheng, and Feng Jiang, and called on the Chinese authorities to release all those who have been disappeared and to provide full information on the fate and the whereabouts of the persons who have allegedly disappeared.5 166. On 8 June 2011, the Working Group issued a press release voicing its serious concern in relation to the reported enforced disappearance of more than 300 hundred Tibetan monks of the Ngaba Kirti Monastery, located in Ngaba County, Sichuan Province, in late April 2011. The Working Group called on the authorities to provide full information on the fate and the whereabouts of the persons who have disappeared and encouraged them to undertake full investigations into the on-going practice of enforced disappearances and ensure that those responsible are prosecuted and receive sentences appropriate to the gravity of the crime.6 5 6 The full text of the press release can be consulted at: (http://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=10928&LangID=E) The full text of the press release can be consulted at: (http://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=11122&LangID=E) 41