E/CN.4/2004/18 page 12 struck the corner of a wall. Still according to reports, on the evening of the incident, Mr. Iliyassou’s father-in-law died. When he asked for permission to phone his wife to tell her, he was apparently beaten again. He was then reportedly released, but when collecting his personal effects he noticed that his mobile telephone was broken and that he was missing the sum of €400. He then apparently went back to the police station, with some other persons, to lodge a complaint. The duty officer allegedly refused to accept his complaint, on the grounds that it was ethically inappropriate to receive a complaint about other police officers. He then apparently went to another police station, where he was given the same reply. It is reported that he then lodged his complaint with the Standing Committee for the Supervision of Police Services (P. Committee), where he submitted a medical certificate dated 26 May 2002, which reported extensive facial bruising, cuts and bruises on the wrist and a cheek injury. 2. Reply by the Belgian Government dated 13 October 2003 26. A judicial inquiry was conducted by the Standing Committee for the Supervision of Police Services concerning the cases of Bernardin Mbuku-Iwangi-Sung and his wife and Mr. Iliyassou, after which a judicial investigation was initiated. 27. The case of Mr. Bernardin Mbuku-Iwangi-Sung is still under investigation and Mr. Iliyassou’s was submitted to the Registrar of the Council Chamber (Brussels District) on 10 June 2003 for a ruling. 3. Observation by the Special Rapporteur 28. The Special Rapporteur awaits the judicial conclusions concerning these cases and requests the Belgian Government to keep him informed in due course. B. Brazil 1. Joint allegation transmitted on 17 September 2003 with the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture 29. In a joint allegation, the Special Rapporteurs brought to the Government of Brazil’s attention allegations recently received according to which Ijhad Abdelaziz, a Moroccan man (passport L242831, living at Rua da Gloria, 485, Boa Vista, Recife, Pernambuco), was beaten, kicked and trodden on all over his body, especially his stomach, kidneys, legs and thorax by three members of the military police, one of them allegedly identified as a “lieutenant” from the 16th Military Police Battalion, on 1 February 2003, around 12 p.m., beside the post office building. It is reported that he was accused of being a thief, immediately after he was allegedly the victim of a robbery. It is also alleged that other people passing by helped the military police to punish the “thief”. Afterwards, he was reportedly handcuffed and beaten again when the police officers realized that Ijhad Abdelaziz was a foreigner. According to the information received, when he was taken to the federal police station, one federal police officer (whose name is known to the Special Rapporteur) believed Ijhad Abdelaziz’s explanation of what happened. It is also reported that Ijhad Abdelaziz complained the same day about the treatment by the police officers at the District Civil Police Station in Santo Amaro. Furthermore, a medical exam at the Legal Medicine Institute reported that he had many visible scars. On 5 February 2003, another complaint was allegedly presented to Pernambuco State’s Police Ombudsman’s Office