1.2 In accordance with rule 92 ( former rule 86 ) of the Committee 's rules of procedure , the Committee , through its Special Rapporteur on new communications , requested the State party on 7 February 2000 not to carry out the death sentence against the author , to make it possible for the Committee to examine the communication . 2.1 During the night of 11 January 1993 , one Raphael Seecharran ( R.S . ) , a trader , and his assistant , Ramong , were killed at a camp on the Kaituma River , in the presence of one J.K. , who accompanied the two men on their journey .