The Monitoring Group also alleged that a trainee died after being "hogtied with his arms and feet bound behind his back and beaten" -- an accusation disputed by SCS, which described the incident as "Somali-on-Somali violence" that was not indicative of the overall training program.
The Puntland government shortly afterwards said that the "SEMG reports to the U.N. Security Council have been drafted in an unprofessional manner and intentionally biased against the Puntland Government's consistent anti-piracy activities."[REF] .