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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

Ailing Sri Lankan woman was left on floor by guards, video shows

NAGOYA -- A Yomiuri Shimbun reporter viewed surveillance video footage from the last two weeks before a Sri Lankan woman died in custody at a Nagoya immigration facility in March 2021.

Wishma Sandamali, 33, died after complaining of poor health while in custody at the Nagoya Regional Immigration Services Bureau.

The footage was submitted by the government as evidence in a lawsuit filed by Wishma's bereaved family in the Nagoya District Court demanding state compensation.

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