Politician Kentaro Sonoura on Dec. 21 resigned from the Lower House and left the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to take responsibility for discrepancies in his political fund reports.
Wayomi Sandamali, left, and Poornima Sandamali meet with opposition lawmakers in the Diet on May 19. (Koichi Ueda)
The stubborn refusal of immigration officials to release video of a Sri Lankan woman who died while in detention is raising suspicions among her bereaved sisters and opposition lawmakers about a cover-up.
Wayomi and Poornima Sandamali met with opposition lawmakers on May 19 to discuss the death of their elder sister, Wishma, 33. She died on March 6 while detained at a facility run by the Nagoya Regional Immigration Services Bureau.
“The immigration agency may be hiding something if it is unable to release the video,” one of the sisters said.