Japan PM apologises to forced sterilisation victims

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Japan PM apologises to forced sterilisation victims
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KUALA LUMPUR: Machang MP Wan Ahmad Fayshal Wan Ahmad Kamal could face a six-month suspension from the Dewan Rakyat.

Victims of forced sterilisation under a now-defunct eugenics law, celebrate with lawyers and supporters outside of the Supreme Court of Japan in Tokyo on July 3, 2024. - AFP

"I express my heart-felt apology, representing the government," he said, bowing to a group of victims. The government, which apologised in 2019, acknowledges that around 16,500 people including those with mental and physical disabilities were forcibly sterilised under the law that aimed to"prevent the generation of poor quality descendants".

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