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CHIKA: A Documentary Performance - an excerpt

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by Mayu Kanamori last modified Feb 02, 2008 07:36 PM
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Chika Honda was born in Japan in 1956. In 1992 she joined a tour group to holiday in Australia. During a stop over in Malaysia, her suitcase was stolen, and was replaced by a local tour guide. When she arrived in Melbourne airport, customs found her suitcase lined with heroin. This case later became known as 'The Melbourne Case.'

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Produced by Mayu Kanamori
Directed by Malcolm Blaylock
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Produced Feb 02, 2008

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Chika Honda has maintained her innocence of the crime she was convicted of.
Chika Honda currently lives and works as a waitress in Japan. Her lawyers have written to the United Nations Human Rights Commission and are preparing an application for pardon.

This is the story of Chika Honda.

Chika is a real person. She is a Japanese woman who spent a decade in Australian jails for a crime she has always insisted she did not commit. She was one of a Japanese tour group who were arrested for importation of heroin in 1992. She was released on parole in November 2002 and is now living in Japan.

CHIKA is a multi-layered production and contemporary story telling, crossing genres of journalism, visual and performing arts, incorporating original live music, dance and narration, documentary images, archival video and recorded interviews.

More info: www.mayu.com.au/chika

Copyright 2009, Mayu Kanamori. Cite/attribute Resource. clearchika. (2008, February 02). CHIKA: A Documentary Performance - an excerpt. Retrieved September 03, 2010, from EngageMedia Web site: http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/clearchika/videos/chika.mov. This work is licensed under a Other
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