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Government 'not responsible' for deportee death

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In a reversal of a lower court ruling, the Tokyo High Court determined Jan. 18 that the government was not responsible for the 2010 death of a Ghanaian allegedly subjected to excessive force by immigration authorities while being deported.

Presiding Judge Izumi Takizawa said the level of physical force used to restrain Abubakar Awudu Suraj was "not illegal."

"Immigration authorities' effort to subdue him was necessary to ensure his deportation would go smoothly," Takizawa said. (The Japan Times)

ガーナ人遺族が逆転敗訴

強制送還中に急死したアブバカル・アウドウ・スラジュさんの遺族が国に損害賠償を求めた訴訟の控訴審判決で、東京高裁は遺族の請求を認めず、逆転敗訴を言い渡した。

The Japan Times ST: January 29, 2016