In a reversal, the Tokyo High Court determined Monday that the government was not responsible for the 2010 death of a Ghanaian allegedly subjected to excessive force by immigration authorities while being deported.
In overturning a lower court¡¯s ruling, presiding Judge Izumi Takizawa said the level of physical force used by officials to restrain Abubakar Awudu Suraj, who was 45 years old at the time of his death, was ¡°not illegal¡± and even ¡°necessary.¡±
¡°Immigration authorities¡¯ effort to subdue him was necessary to ensure his deportation would go smoothly,¡± Takizawa said.
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