E/CN.4/1999/58 page 22 Morocco 76. Christian foreigners were allegedly arrested and heavily fined for failing to declare the entry of 1,200 bibles; apparently the books had previously been checked by the customs, the customs declaration requiring only that weapons, drugs and alcohol be declared. 77. Morocco has emphasized that the sentences passed in this matter were not for proselytism, but were based on the Customs Code. Mauritania 78. The Penal Code reportedly punishes a Muslim's conversion to another faith with the death penalty. Mexico 79. Protestant evangelists in Chiapas were reportedly victims of acts of intolerance by Catholics and Indian communities. 80. Mexico's reply was as follows: “The State Human Rights Commission of Chiapas stated that on 8 April 1998 it lodged an official complaint in respect of the acts referred to above. At the same time, in connection with the appearance of Mr. Aldo Santos Jiménez in the Office of the Attorney-General of Teopisca, Chiapas preliminary investigation No. AL65/0026/998 was launched on 1 April 1998 for the crime of robbery and damage to the Church of Christ Fraternity as a result of the acts that occurred in the village of Nuevo León in the municipality of Teopisca, Chiapas. The investigation was completed on 14 April 1998 and that municipality's technical investigation body decided to exercise the public right of action against the following suspects: Ciro Espinosa Lopez, Adán Rodríguez Trejo, Silviano Vásquez Hernández, Olegario Ozuna Vázquez, Juan González Aguilar, Alberto Molina Constantino, Aquilino Vázquez Díaz, Rosendo Gómez López, Emilio Álvarez Ozuna et al. Myanmar 81. The State reportedly practises a policy of intolerance and discrimination against Muslim religious minorities in the States of Arakan and Karen (destruction of mosques and schools, revocation of citizenship, admission of refugees on the Thai border in exchange for their conversion to Buddhism, refusal of access to health services, education and public jobs) and Christian minorities (destruction of places of worship, conversion of children to Buddhism) in the States of Chin and Karen and the Sagaing Division. Buddhist monks are allegedly also obliged to submit to the control of the authorities. 82. Without providing any explanation, Myanmar has declared the allegations of intolerance and discrimination against religious minorities to be unfounded and entirely false. It would help if Myanmar's reply were supported by suitable evidence, especially since the allegations are founded on concordant and persistent information from a number of reliable sources.