TE24 International Desk:
NAGOYA – The Japanese government is set to settle a 156 million yen ($1.23 million) compensation case filed by relatives of a Sri Lankan woman who died in custody at a Nagoya immigration center last year, sources said. said Sunday.
The family of Ratnayake Lianage Wisma Sandamari, who alleges that Ms. Ratnaike Rayanej Wisma Sandamari was illegally detained and later died due to lack of medical care while in detention, filed a statement on the first anniversary of her death. Two days ago, he filed a lawsuit in Nagoya District Court in March.
He will have his first court hearing on June 8 and details of what the state will do will be announced at a later date. Wayomi, a
The Wisma sisters returned to Japan on Saturday and joined another sister, Punima, in her countryside to investigate what had happened. Please help us find out the truth,” Wyomi told reporters at Narita Airport. After spending time with her sister in Japan, Wayomi returned to Sri Lanka last September. Shortly before her death, he watched a video of Mrs. Wischma in custody and it shocked him.
His wife died at the age of 33 at the Nagoya Immigration Bureau on March 6 last year. His family alleges that the government denied him parole to force him to return to Sri Lanka despite his deteriorating health, which led to his death.
Ms Wishma came to Japan in 2017 on a student visa to learn Japanese, but her visa expired after her asylum application was rejected by immigration authorities.
After seeking protection from the Shizuoka Prefectural Police for her domestic violence in August 2020, her residency status was discovered and she was taken to the Nagoya Immigration Center to await deportation.
He had been ill since January 2021, but his request for parole was rejected, saying supporters could help him.
The Immigration Services Agency said in an investigative report released last August that immigration staff lacked awareness of the crisis and that there were problems with the facility’s treatment and information-sharing systems. I was.
The report also stated that Vishma died due to an illness, but the investigation could not determine the exact medical cause, as there were several factors that could have led to her death.
Her relatives have also filed criminal charges against senior immigration officials at the Nagoya District Public Prosecutor’s Office, alleging her death was caused by insufficient medical care.
