Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Case Sent to the Prosecutor’s Office

There were some developments in the case of Mr. SURAJ.

Nine months have passed since Mr. SURAJ (Ghana nationality) died during deportation in March. Half a year after we filed our complaint in June, the report of ten Immigration Bureau employees was sent to the Chiba District Prosecutor’s Office on December 27th under suspicion of “assault and cruelty resulting in death by special public officials”.

On December 28th, it appeared in several forums of the Japanese media.

Tokyo Shinbun page 25 (a fairly big article)

Web articles in Asahi, Yomiuri, Sankei
http://www.asahi.com/national/update/1228/TKY201012280141.html 
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20101228-OYT1T00303.htm
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/affairs/crime/101228/crm1012281120006-n1.htm

Although the investigation was prolonged and there have been almost no movements recently, there seem to be some real developments in 2011 to recover the truth. We hope that we can expect our reader’s interest and support in the future too.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Participating in APFS Christmas Party

My name is Makita, a volunteer member of APFS

Christmas Party hosted by APFS was held in Green Hall of Itabashi-ku on Sunday December 19, 2010.  Participants were approximately 80 people from the members of APFS from various countries and their families and APFS members.  The party started with an opening address of Mr. Kato, the representative of APFS followed by toast and dinner.  It was a rare chance to enjoy various and tasty ethnic food at the same time.  The party continued such programs as bingo game, musical chair game of children, present from Santa Clause to children, musical chair game of adults, newspaper game, orange dance, and present exchange.  The party ended with a picture taking of all the participants.  Everybody enjoyed very much supported by MC warmed up the party with an excellent performance.

I realized great contribution of APFS having seen members who are obviously happy having received APFS’ support.  This opportunity encouraged me to further support APFS as a volunteer staff member.