Death of Sri Lankan woman at immigration facility in Japan

Death of Sri Lankan woman at immigration facility in Japan

An altar is set up at Tokyo's Tsukiji Honganji temple in Tokyo on May 29, 2021, for Ratnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali, a Sri Lankan woman who died in March while being held at the Nagoya Regional Immigration Services Bureau in central Japan.

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