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Vietnamese trainee acquitted in Japan of abandoning stillborn twins

Supreme Court case exposed foreign technical interns' fears of deportation

20230324 Supreme Court for arguments in an appeal by a former Vietnamese trainee

Lawyers and supporters of Le Thi Thuy Linh head to the Supreme Court in February for an appeal hearing against her conviction for abandoning the bodies of her stillborn twins. The court ultimately found her not guilty. © Kyodo

ARISA KAMEI, Nikkei staff writer
March 24, 2023 15:27 JST
Updated on March 24, 2023 18:54 JST

TOKYO -- A Vietnamese woman accused of abandoning the bodies of her stillborn twins was acquitted in Japan on Friday, in a case that highlighted what her supporters say is the darker side of the country's de facto foreign labor program.

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