Man speaks about hardships after being wrongly detained

Man speaks about hardships after being wrongly detained

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - A 51-year-old man speaks to reporters April 21 at a welfare center in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture in western Japan, after prosecutors apologized for wrongly accusing him of stealing 500,000 yen from a bank account and keeping him in detention for more than a year. Prosecutors asked the Matsuyama District Court to acquit the man now that authorities have found another suspect in the case.

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