In the case of the death of a Sri Lankan woman at the Nagoya Immigration Bureau, in August 2021, the video was not disclosed and only a part of it was shown to the family of the victim, and the attitude of the Immigration Bureau towards the detainees has become a major issue.
In June 2020, a Haitian-American was taken to a punishment room by about 10 staff
members for a minor incident, where violence called "suppression" took place. I filed a motion with the court to preserve evidence in order to have the immigration bureau submit the videos of the suppression. However, the Immigration Bureau refused to produce the video, and instead produced dozens of photos with many scenes of violence cut out ( see right).
The Immigration Bureau should have shown us the entire video if there is nothing to be ashamed of. If they can show some of it, they should be able to show all of it. Since it was a videotape of the room of the punishment cell, there was no other equipment in the picture and no security reason. A proxy from the Immigration Bureau came out and flatly stated that they cannot submit the video for security reasons. He could not say exactly what the security reasons were. They showed the videotape only to the judge, but the judge did not take a firm stand either. This leaves us in the dark about the real situation at the Immigration Bureau. We have no choice but to pursue the matter to the utmost.