Sri Lankan family sues Japan over immigration detention death

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TOKYO: The family of a Sri Lankan woman who died in Japanese immigration detention sued the government on Friday (Mar 4), in a high-profile case that has reignited calls to reform conditions in the system. Wishma Sandamali, 33, died a year ago while detained for overstaying her visa after seeking police pr

TOKYO: The family of a Sri Lankan woman who died in Japanese immigration detention sued the government on Friday , in a high-profile case that has reignited calls to reform conditions in the system.

Her death at a facility in the central city of Nagoya prompted the justice minister last year to apologise and pledge to improve medical provision to detainees. "I'm very sad that we had to take legal action to find out what happened to my elder sister," she said in the Sinhala language.

 

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