Zenkoku Nippō

[Zabuza825]

Outrage follows after Strathae performs autopsies, without permission of victims families
by Haruto Kirishima

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Massive outrage has followed after Strathae announced that they will be performing autopsies on the Akitian victims of a terrorist attack in Strathae, without the permission of the victim's families. The outrage started when one family voiced their opposition to the practice, and has formally asked the Akitian government lodge a protest with the government of Strathae - something that it is unable to due because Strathae refuses to recognize the restoration of good governance in Akitsu.

In Akitsu, autopsies are generally conducted with the permission of the family of the deceased - a practice that is followed regardless of the cause of death. Though it is technically possible for police to obtain a court order and override opposition from the family, this practice is generally frowned upon and is not common (only about 10% of autopsies in Akitsu are done this way) and is most common in cases where the body cannot be identified. Generally speaking, police in Akitsu first conduct a thorough examination of the body to judge if an autopsy is necessary before doing any dissection of the body.

Opposition to autopsies and dissection in Akitsu is not new - in fact before the 1430's any dissection of a corpse for any reason was outlawed, with exceptions to the law being extraordinarily rare. When autopsies were legalized there was initially large public opposition to the move, but eventually opposition subsided when the law was amended to make the consent of families required unless a court order is obtained. Even in the modern day, where according to some police reports 90% of Akitian families consent to forensic autopsies, many people believe that it is important to obtain the consent of the deceased's family before conducting any autopsy.

Chihiro Kimura, grandmother of Sayako Kimura who died in the attack, spoke to Zenkoku Nippō about the outrage she felt when learning that an autopsy would be conducted on her granddaughter without the consent of the family.

"First they fail to protect her in their own country," she said "and now they want to violate her. They want to cut open her chest, they want to shove instruments into her body, they want to remove her organs if they think they have to. All without even so much as talking to the family. This is outrageous, how could a country do something like that?"

When asked if things would be different had the Strathaen government consulted her beforehand, she said that would have changed things.

"If they had talked to me, I would have considered allowing an autopsy." she said "I can't say for certain that I would've agreed, but I wouldn't have been as angry as I am now if they had at least asked me beforehand, even if they went ahead and did it anyway. I probably would have still been angry, but not as angry as I am now."

She went on to condemn what she called a "lack of respect" showed by the Strathaens for the dead.

"You can't just disrespect the dead, it's wrong." she said "This is utterly disgusting, nobody should treat the dead this way."

She went on to demand an immediate apology from the Strathaen government to all the victims, and went on to warn Akitians that this could happen to them if they ever decided to travel to Strathae.

"It could be you on the table," she said "with people whom you don't even know sticking things in places that I don't dare speak of. Disgusting."