Hyogo Disability groups protest as father charged for confining disabled son: “We do not allow abuse, we are disappointed and our people with disabilities are angry.”

Written with extracts from Reuters Japan

June 16th 2018

HYOGO – The pre-trial hearings of a father (73) who was charged with having confining his disabled son at their home in Mita city, Hyogo prefecture (42) in a wooden cage began at Kobe district court on the 19th. A rally was held a rally in the city on the 16th, “We do not allow abuse, we are disappointed and our people with disabilities are angry.”

In the case, the municipal officials confirmed the eldest son in January, but did not protect immediately, police report took a month, and the misappropriation of the city’s response was also revealed, the third party The committee is investigating.

The venue appeared with padlocks reproduced to their full size. A person with disabilities entered and said, “There was a man who was trapped in such a terrible place in this town.”