E/CN.4/1993/62 page 9 (b) Concerning some clergy, their situation has been looked into and ascertained as follows: - Su Zhimin, a Catholic of Qingwan county, Hebei province, was found to have conspired to form an illegal organization and hold an illegal mass rally to disrupt social order in violation of the Constitution of the People’s Republic and the Regulations on Registration for Social Bodies. He was ordered in December 1989 to undergo three years of education through labour; - Wang Yijun, formerly a Catholic priest from Changnan county, Zhejiang province, was found to have printed and distributed pamphlets propagating the forcible overthrow of the Government in violation of the Penal Code of the People’s Republic. He was ordered in March 1990 to undergo three years of education through labour; - Xu Guoxing, a protestant from Shanghai, was found to have conspired to form an illegal organization to disrupt social order in violation of Regulations on Registration for Social Bodies. He was ordered in June 1989 to undergo three years of education through labour; - Liu Quinglin, a protestant from Zhalantun township in Hulun Buir Meng, Inner Mongolia, was found to have used quack medicine to swindle the superstitious, inadvertently causing the deaths of two persons in violation of the Penal Code of the People’s Republic. He was ordered in June 1988 to undergo three years of education through labour. (c) Concerning Tibet, the case cited is still under investigation. (d) The relevant legal provisions requested by you are being collected and prepared by the departments concerned." 20. On 28 January 1992, the Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China transmitted the following information to the Special Rapporteur with regard to the part of the allegation concerning members of Christian clergy which he had sent on 15 June 1990 (E/CN.4/1991/56, para. 48): "It has been reported that a number of Roman Catholic priests have been arrested in several provinces of northern China. The arrests were said to be connected with the implementation of new policy directives issued by the authorities in February 1989 in a document entitled ’Strengthening Catholic Church Work in the Present Situation’. It was reported that according to the document, Catholics who remain loyal to the Vatican and carry out religious activities outside the Government-organized Church should be ’severely dealt with in accordance with the law’. The following cases of arrest of Roman Catholic priests have been reported: 1. Liu Shuhe, a 69 year-old bishop from Hebei province, is reported to have been detained since November 1988, allegedly without charge.