Mum sues Japanese authorities after 16-year-old dies from ‘hostage justice’ trauma

The mother of a 16-year-old girl who died from emaciation following lengthy detention and menacing interrogations by Japanese authorities is seeking compensation, in the latest “hostage justice” case. The lawsuit, filed with western Japan’s Kobe district court on Wednesday, argues that the girl’s 18-day ordeal at a jail traumatised her so much that five months after her release, she weighed just 20kg (44lbs) – and died in December. “My daughter was unrecognisable when she died,” the mother of...

By Agence France-Presse