E/CN.4/1995/91/Add.1 page 5 The latter pointed out that the events in question were the subject of continuing judicial proceedings. In New South Wales, civil claims on behalf of the children who were taken into care on 15 May 1992 were lodged with the Supreme Court as recently as December 1993 and served on the Department of Community Services of New South Wales on 12 January 1994. In the State of Victoria, applications by the Department of Health and Community Services to the Children’s Court for the protection of over 90 children under the Children and Young Person’s Act 1989 are proceeding. The case has been on appeal to the High Court of Australia on preliminary issues. The hearing of the care applications is expected to begin in February 1994. The Australian Government fully supports the work of the Special Rapporteur. However, as the domestic courts are currently considering that matter, it would be premature for the Australian Government to comment further at this time. Indeed, much of the relevant information is still in dispute before the courts and any public statement by the Australian Government might adversely affect the proper administration of justice." CHINA 8. In a communication dated 25 November 1993 and addressed to the Chinese Government, the Special Rapporteur transmitted allegations the general part of which was reproduced in his previous report (E/CN.4/1994/79, para. 41) and the detailed part of which is as follows: "1. Harassment of Protestants in China The Protestant churches in Yikezhao and Ih Ju League, Batou, and in a village near Hohhot in Inner Mongolia, as well as in the provinces of Shaanzi and Gansu, were reportedly destroyed by the Public Security Bureau in 1991 and 1992. In one incident near Datong, Shaanxi, 300 worshippers were allegedly beaten and removed by force in the middle of a religious service. The Church, although officially affiliated, is said to have been razed to the ground. In March 1992, members of the Public Security Bureau armed with electric prods, truncheons and belts are said to have interrupted a religious service being held at night in a house in the country near Suzhou, Jiangsu province. At least 30 worshippers are reported to have been detained following this incident. In March and April 1992, the pastor in Guangzhou, Lin Xiangao (Samuel Lam), was allegedly interrogated six times by the police and the Bureau for Local Religious Affairs for refusing to affiliate his parish with the official structure. Fifteen thousand Bibles are said to have been seized at the house of one of his assistants. At the beginning of April 1992, eight itinerant evangelists from northern Zhejiang are reported to have been arrested and beaten. Six of them were released during the following two months.