Without offering proof, Umemura told the Upper House on three occasions that Wishma may have died as a result of a hunger strike, a claim she later admitted was speculation.
An independent judicial panel has decided prosecutors' earlier decision not to indict officials at an immigration center in Nagoya over the 2021 death of a Sri Lankan detainee is unjust, paving the way for reinvestigation of the case, it says.
An independent judicial panel has decided prosecutors' earlier decision not to indict officials at an immigration center in Nagoya over the 2021 death of a Sri Lankan detainee is unjust, paving the way for reinvestigation of the case, it says.
The sisters of a Sri Lankan woman who died last year while being detained at an immigration center in Nagoya have filed a complaint with a judicial panel to seek a review of prosecutors decision not to bring charges in the case.
The family of a Sri Lankan woman who died in detention at a central Japan immigration facility will file next week a complaint with a judicial panel seeking a review of the case after prosecutors dropped charges against immigration officials, their lawyers say.