Little girl scarred by time in custody

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Wed May-25-05 12:19 AM
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Little girl scarred by time in custody

A three-year-old girl released after spending her entire life locked up in an Australian immigration detention center is suffering mental health problems, a psychiatrist who examined her said yesterday.

Malaysian national Virginia Leong and her daughter, Naomi, were released from Sydney's Villawood detention center on Monday after a meeting between their lawyer and immigration department officials, department spokeswoman Sarah Crichton said.

"She's had considerable emotional distress and certainly has developed mental problems," psychiatrist Louise Newman said.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/05/25/2003256536

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