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Questions about deportee death
By - 04-07-2010 04:11 PM
Originally Posted at: The Japan Times Online
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Regarding Minoru Matsutani's April 1 article "Protests hit immigration detainee treatment": I participated in protests in front of the Immigration Bureau and the Ministry of Justice on March 31. One of the demands was thorough investigation into the death of a Ghanaian aboard an airplane that was to transport him for forced deportation from Narita on March 22. I am concerned that this incident is gravely underreported in the Japanese mainstream media.
There have only been a couple of tiny articles telling the government's side of the story: he allegedly became violent and had to be "restrained"; he then "stopped moving" and was taken to the airport hospital, where his death was confirmed. The police conducted an autopsy and found no "major injuries," the cause of death unknown.
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The Japan Times Online
By - 04-07-2010 04:11 PM
Originally Posted at: The Japan Times Online
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Regarding Minoru Matsutani's April 1 article "Protests hit immigration detainee treatment": I participated in protests in front of the Immigration Bureau and the Ministry of Justice on March 31. One of the demands was thorough investigation into the death of a Ghanaian aboard an airplane that was to transport him for forced deportation from Narita on March 22. I am concerned that this incident is gravely underreported in the Japanese mainstream media.
There have only been a couple of tiny articles telling the government's side of the story: he allegedly became violent and had to be "restrained"; he then "stopped moving" and was taken to the airport hospital, where his death was confirmed. The police conducted an autopsy and found no "major injuries," the cause of death unknown.
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The Japan Times Online
