E/CN.4/2006/5/Add.1 Page 24 materials. She was denied visits by her family and it was not known whether she had been charged with any offence. 90. In view of her alleged detention incommunicado, concern was expressed that she could have been at risk of torture or other forms of ill-treatment. Response from the Government dated 22 July 2005 91. On 31 March 2005, the Beijing public security authorities, while conducting patrol duties, arrested Ms. Liu in the process of conducting unlawful activities of the Falun Gong sect. The public security authorities took Liu into custody for the purposes of investigation, conducted a search of her residence and notified her family in accordance with due process. On 30 April, the labour re-education committee of the Beijing city government, acting in accordance with the law, ordered Liu Yawen to serve a term of two years’ re-education through labour. 92. The decision to order Liu Yawen to serve a two-year term of labour reeducation was taken because she had conducted activities which violated Chinese law, and throughout the handling of this case the Chinese law enforcement authorities acted in strict compliance with the law and carried out their law enforcement duties in a civil manner. Communication sent on 9 June 2005 93. The Special Rapporteur sent this communication to underline the tenth anniversary of the disappearance of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, 16 years. 94. Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, then aged 6, disappeared together with his parents from Lhari, their home village in Tibet on 17 May 1995, three days after having been recognized as the eleventh reincarnation of the Panchen Lama by the Dalai Lama. Their whereabouts were not known. 95. The Special Rapporteur wished to express her concern about the grave interference with the freedom of belief of the Tibetan Buddhists who have the right to determine their clergy in accordance with their own rites and who have been deprived of their religious leader. Response from Government dated 7 September 2005 96. The Government informed that Gedhun Choekyi Nyima is not the “Panchen Lama” but merely an ordinary Tibetan child. At the current time, Nyima is in good health and, just like other children, is leading a normal, happy life and receiving a good cultural education. According to our understanding, he is already at secondary school and his school results are good. He and his family are not willing to let this interfere with their normal routine. 97. China respects and upholds citizens’ freedom of religious belief and provides legal guarantees of such freedom. Article 36 of the Chinese Constitution stipulates that citizens of the People’s Republic of China enjoy the freedom of religious belief. In addition to the Constitution, the Chinese Criminal Code, the Ethnic Minorities