Kin of dead Sri Lankan detainee at immigration center to sue gov't

Relatives of a Sri Lankan woman who died last year while detained at a central Japan immigration center will file a damages suit against the Japanese government later this week, a source familiar with the matter said Tuesday.The suit to be brought in the Nagoya District Court possibly Friday by the family of Ratnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali, 33, will follow a criminal complaint they filed in November against senior officials of the Nagoya Regional Immigration Services Bureau for causing her death by lack of medical care.Wishma, who arrived in Japan in 2017 on a student visa, was taken to…READ FULL ARTICLE