Compensation sought for man after years in Japan jail

Govinda Prasad Mainali, 46, was freed and sent back to Nepal in June after his request for a retrial was approved.

He was tried and cleared of murder in his absence by the Tokyo District Court last month, after a DNA test indicated another man was responsible for killing a businesswoman who worked at night as a prostitute, in Tokyo in 1997.

Mainali filed the request for compensation with the court on Friday under a law which allows a person to seek compensation for wrongful imprisonment at a rate of between 1,000 and 12,500 yen (US$12-US$145) per day, the Japan Times reported.

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