The nation's largest labor organization urged the government Monday to release a 46-year-old man from Myanmar facing deportation, submitting a joint petition by 20 labor unions under its umbrella.
In the petition submitted to Justice Minister Daizo Nozawa, the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) demanded that Khin Maung Latt, a Myanmarese democracy activist who does not have a visa, and his family be granted special residency permits in Japan.
Khin Maung Latt, who has a 36-year-old Filipino wife and two daughters, is in detention at the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau, following a rejection of his application for refugee status by the Tokyo High Court in late October.
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