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28. Among the 47 complaints that have been investigated, the NHRCT has

found 7 cases of torture, 3 by the police and 4 by prison officials. One

torture incident by the police took place during arrest of the suspected

person while the other two happened during the time when the arrested

persons were taken to an unknown place and were physically abused and

forced to confess of committing the crime before being sent to the local

police station. The NHRCT requested explanation regarding the alleged

torture incidents from the authorities concerned and was informed that

the matters had been looked into but no incident of torture had been

founded. However, the NHRCT has an observation that the examination of

torture cases by the police relied mainly on the information provided by

the officers alleged of committing torture. In one torture case, a committee

of inquiry was established by the Police Inspector-General but no result

was reported. The results of NHRCT’s investigation of the above 3 torture

cases are different from those of the Police. In the process of investigation,

the NHRCT Sub-Committee on Investigation of Complaints on Violations of

the Rights Relating to Criminal Justice found in two torture cases some

inconsistencies between the police findings of torture cases examination

and medical reports which stated that the injuries suffered by the suspects

were likely to be caused during the period when the suspects were under

custody of the police. The NHRCT has sent these findings to the Royal Thai

Police and requested that the police officers involved in the two torture

cases be prosecuted and appropriate remedy be provided to the torture

victims. In the other torture case, the medical report stated that the

injuries suffered by the complainant were caused by an accident.

However, the complainant claimed that he was in fact beaten by the