Here is a follow-up to a previous BT story on Awudu Samad Abubakar (a.k.a. Mc Barry), A Ghanaian Prince Dies In Custody of Japanese Immigration, as reported by the Japan Times:

Chiba police have turned over to prosecutors their case against 10 immigration officers suspected of being involved in the death of a Ghanaian deportee they had restrained and physically placed aboard a jetliner last March at Narita International Airport. Handcuffed and his mouth covered with a towel, Suraj was found unconscious in the aircraft and confirmed dead at a hospital,The police were unable to pinpoint the cause of death. They showed Yoshida a report dated May 20 that indicated there were no signs of disease or physical damage, either internal or external. Suraj came to Japan on a 15-day visa in May 1988, according to Yoshida. In 1990, he began living with the woman who later became his wife. He was arrested in 2006 on suspicion of staying in the country illegally and received a deportation order. The same month, his wife registered their marriage.

It should be noted that my previous storied reported:

The pilot on board the Egypt Air Flight, which was to carry Mc Barry to Ghana upon realising that he was dead, rejected the request of the Japanese Immigration even when they insisted that the remains of Mac Barry should be repatriated.The Immigration managed to forge an International Travel Certificate (ITC) to enable them transport him without the knowledge of the Ghanaian Embassy in Japan.At present, all his travelling and other documents are in the hands of the Japanese Immigration and but for the help of the Egyptian Air Pilot and Mac Barry Japanese wife, nobody would have known about his death.

Additionally, I commented that:

It's been "factually" reported that:1. "Suraj came to Japan on a temporary visa, which expired in 15 days, in May 1988, according to Yoshida." [ILLEGAL]2. “He was arrested on suspicion of staying illegally in September 2006, and received a deportation order in November that year.” [LEGAL]3. “The same month, his wife registered their marriage.” [LEGAL or ILLEGAL?]4. “In February 2008, the Tokyo District Court ruled the deportation order be waived.” [I wonder under what grounds?]5. “In March 2009, the Tokyo High Court repealed the district court’s ruling on grounds the couple was childless and the wife was economically independent.” [WTF!]

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