Among the documents that were made open by the Ministry
of Justice after the team of attorneys engaged in Mr. Suraj’s case made an
appeal for the preservation of evidence, there was a set of photographs taken
by the Immigration Bureau to reconstruct the circumstances of the case.
The
person in the white shirt acts as Mr. Suraj. The reenactment took place in the
office space of the Deportation Department at the Tokyo Immigration Bureau.
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how they boarded the plane while he was carried by immigration employees in a
position facing down
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how his mouth was covered with a towel when he was seated and how his body was
held down by several officers
It is clear that he was forced into a stressful position. It is the first
time that we look at the deportation scene this way, but we can see that he was
treated in a very violent manner. Imagining Mr. Suraj’s death under such
treatment, one cannot help but feel enraged.
