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.
Upper House opposition lawmaker Mizuho Umemura made baseless and insulting remarks before the Diet about the death of a Sri Lankan detainee being held at an immigration facility and should apologize.
Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) sacked a lawmaker from the Upper House Committee on Judicial Affairs after she came under fire for suggesting a Sri Lankan woman who died in an immigration detention center might have faked her illness.
An Upper House member is coming under fire from the bereaved family and supporters of a Sri Lankan woman who died at an immigration detention center for suggesting that her illness was a ploy to secure her temporary release.
Nobuyuki Baba was elected on Aug. 27 as the Japan Innovation Party s new leader, succeeding Ichiro Matsui as he vowed to carry on the conservative party s efforts to become the country s strongest opposition after it fared well in the last two national elections.