A Vietnamese man who died in a solitary cell at a Japanese immigration detention centre complained of pain throughout his detention for a week before his death, fellow detainees said.
TOKYO: A Vietnamese man who died in a solitary cell at a Japanese immigration detention centre complained of pain throughout his detention for a week before his death, fellow detainees said.
The death was the 13th in Japan’s detention system since 2006, a toll that has provoked sustained criticism from activists and a watchdog overseeing the centres about conditions prevailing there.
In a handwritten note seen by Reuters on Tuesday, six detainees said the man, Nguyen The Hung repeatedly told guards he was suffering from pain after his arrival at the East Japan Immigration Center in mid-March.
Nguyen complained of pains in his neck and head, the detainees added.
An official at the centre northeast of Tokyo, the capital, declined to comment, beyond a statement on Monday that a Vietnamese man in his forties had been found unconscious there on Saturday and later pronounced dead.
