'Judicial system should believe victims first', activist says as body found in missing girl case

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A body was found Thursday in the case of an 11-year-old French girl missing since last week, as outrage erupted over revelations that the main suspect had faced repeated accusations of child sexual abuse without action from authorities. Mié Kohiyama, co-president of the advocacy group Be Brave France, told France 24 that "the judicial system should consider first and believe the victims and the survivors", highlighting a systemic failure that allowed a man with a documented pattern of allegations to remain free.