The mother of a girl who died from emaciation following detention and alleged interrogations by authorities is seeking compensation, in the latest case of “hostage justice.”
The lawsuit, filed with the Kobe District Court in Kobe Wednesday, argues that the girl’s 18-day ordeal at a jail traumatized her so much that five months after her release, she weighed just 20 kilograms — and died in December.
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