Detained Sri Lankan "treated like a dog," says kin after seeing video

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Detained Sri Lankan "treated like a dog," says kin after seeing video

TOKYO, Aug. 12 Kyodo - The family of a Sri Lankan woman who died in March following mistreatment at a Japanese immigration center said she was "treated like a dog" after the government disclosed Thursday security camera footage of her final days.

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