E/CN.4/1998/6 page 23 which the representatives of the Church of Scientology had been able to secure enforcement of the rights they were claiming. The Special Rapporteur would like to thank Switzerland for its prompt and carefully prepared reply. 90. Thailand refuted the allegations that school textbooks for which the State was responsible contained information only on Buddhism, and emphasized that the Thai general school curriculum enabled all pupils, from the first to the final grade, to receive instruction in the main religions, and secondly that it attached great importance to the implementation of universal religious principles aimed, in particular, at promoting harmonious coexistence and peace. Reference was also made to the fact that pupils could choose to learn about one or more religions other than Buddhism. In addition, the authorities explained that a very wide variety of textbooks on religions, including specific textbooks on Buddhism, Christianity and Islam, were available to schools and that teachers were free to choose the textbooks they considered most suited to their curriculum. 91. Trinidad and Tobago stated that the Public Service Examinations Board had made special arrangements to enable any candidate who was a member of the Seventh Day Adventists to take examinations on a Friday, rather than on Saturday as was generally required, in order to respect the religious beliefs of all citizens. It had earlier stated that “candidates (including Seventh Day Adventists' members) taking some of the examinations, if successful and appointed, are required to work, and in fact do work, on Saturdays as necessary. The Board does not consider it intolerant to ask such candidates to sit an examination on a Saturday”. 92. Turkey explained that Metropolitan Bishop Sofranyadis had been convicted by the courts because he had conducted an Easter service at the Bulgarian Orthodox Church of Saint Stephen in Istanbul against the will and wishes of the priest at that church. For that reason, a member of the church's parish council had lodged a complaint against that interference in the internal religious affairs of his community. It was pointed out that the sentence, five months' imprisonment and a fine of 250,000 Turkish pounds, had been suspended on account of the accused's promise not to repeat such action in future. 93. Viet Nam, in reply to two communications summarized under the sixth category of violations, said that Le Quang Vinh (Thich Tri Tu), Nguyen Chon Tam (Thich Hai Chanh) and Phu Thinh (Thich Hai Thinh) had been released and were able to freely engage in their religious activities, and that Hoa Ban Hoa (Thich Nhat Ban) had also been released. The Vietnamese authorities also stated, concerning the reference made to the religious situation in Viet Nam in the report to the General Assembly (A/52/477), “that it unfortunately falls short of objectivity which apparently conveys a wrong picture of the situation. You may be well aware that misleading information brought by certain people to the attention of the Commission normally fails to mention the facts (i) that there exist today in Viet Nam nearly 13,000 Buddhist pagodas together with millions of Buddhist believers, in addition to 5,400 Catholic churches, 500 Protestant churches and about 600 Caodai and 70 Muslim temples; (ii) that nearly one third of the population is frequently practising religion to date and those worship places are respected and protected by the State, (iii) and that, for training, all major religions are