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16-Year-Old Girl Dies From Malnutrition After Arrest and Detention; Mother Says "I Want This to Be a Trial Where No One Gets Hurt" Ahead of Trial; Suspected of Assault at a Support Facility but Not Indicted; "I Will Say in My Own Words that She Was Innocent," She Says, Expressing Her Determination; National Government and Hyogo Prefecture Appear to Be Taking a Stand; First Hearing to Be Held at Kobe District Court on the 21st
A trial begins today, the 21st, in which the mother of a 16-year-old girl who died last year from malnutrition after suffering an eating disorder and PTSD during detention, weighing only 20kg, is suing the national government and Hyogo Prefecture. Ahead of the trial, the mother spoke to reporters, saying, "I want this to be a trial where no one gets hurt." According to the lawsuit, in February of last year, Luna (a pseudonym), then 16 years old,…
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A trial begins today, the 21st, in which the mother of a 16-year-old girl who died last year from malnutrition after suffering an eating disorder and PTSD during detention, weighing only 20kg, is suing the national government and Hyogo Prefecture. Ahead of the trial, the mother spoke to reporters, saying, "I want this to be a trial where no one gets hurt." According to the lawsuit, in February of last year, Luna (a pseudonym), then 16 years old,…