E/CN.4/2002/94 page 17 63. By a letter dated 23 August 2001, the Government of the United States of America provided the Special Rapporteur with information relating to this case. According to information received, the minor had remained in the custody of the INS until the United States Government was able to make the necessary inquiries to determine her identity and immigration status and the whereabouts of her relatives. While the INS was investigating the whereabouts of her relatives, the minor was said to have been housed in the Boystown shelter facility. The INS was reported to have made repeated efforts to discern the wishes of her parents as to her case, but had received conflicting signals as to whether she should return to Nigeria or seek asylum in the United States. Finally, the United States Government stated that on 8 August 2001, the INS had decided that the minor should be delivered into the custody and care of a cousin. Her release was reported to have been approved after the minor’s father had presented information in the United States Consulate General in Lagos confirming his status. Indonesia 64. On 27 February 2001, the Special Rapporteur sent a joint urgent appeal together with the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions concerning reports received on the situation in the province of Central Kalimantan, and in particular alleged incidents of violence committed by members of the Dayak indigenous group against migrants from the islands of Java and Madura. It had been alleged in the reports received that over 270 migrants had been killed, including women and children, and that many houses had been destroyed. It had also been reported that soldiers of the Indonesian army had been present during the events, but had not intervened or halted the violence. 65. By a letter dated 12 March 2001, the Government of Indonesia informed the Special Rapporteur that in the course of the incidents, 365 persons were reported to have lost their lives and thousands were said to have been forced to flee the province in question. The Government said it had done its utmost to stem the violence, and, in particular, had deployed six battalions of soldiers to back up the police, arrested three local officials suspected of masterminding the attacks, confiscated weapons and detained over 80 persons on charges of vandalism and another 38 on suspicion of murder. The Government of Indonesia also reported that the security apparatus had provided protection to persons fleeing the violence. The Government also informed the Special Rapporteur that on 1 March 2001 Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri had visited the province to secure an end to the violence and that on 8 March President Abdurrahman Wahid had visited the town of Sampit, where he was said to have negotiated a solution with Dayak leaders. The Government reports that on 9 March President Wahid had flown to Madura to meet the victims who had fled the province, and assured them that he would do his utmost to guarantee their safe return, as well as the return of their property. The Indonesian Government assured the Special Rapporteur that the situation in Sampit had returned to normal. Lebanon 66. In her report to the Commission at its fifty-seventh session, the Special Rapporteur reported the alleged detention incommunicado of Trabun Ibrahim Laku, Gilbert Kwagy, Adam Abu Bakr Adam and Saah Muhammad Abdallah, Sudanese citizens seeking asylum in

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