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Four men accused of mocking wartime sex slavery victims apologize

Posted by realsensasian1,090 pts Thursday, July 25, 2019

Four South Korean men apologized last Wednesday for mocking women who were forced into sexual slavery for Japanese soldiers during World War II.

By Kim Arin, the Korea Herald


Six surviving sex slavery victims said Thursday the men visited them at a shelter in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, kneeled and apologized.

(The House of Sharing)


The men, who are in their 20s and 30s, spat on a statue representing a wartime sex slave on July 3 in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, and spewed insults in Japanese. The memorial statue in shape of a young girl was erected in remembrance of the wartime crime.

The House of Sharing, a shelter for former sex slaves, reported the incident to the police on the women’s behalf. Police sent the case to prosecutors Monday.

The shelter said the complaint against the four would be withdrawn given “the sincerity of their apology.”

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    Aga_C8,636 pts Thursday, July 25, 2019 0
    Thursday, July 25, 2019

    Honestly, those men are horrible. The women are bigger people than me, I wouldn't forgive them so easily.

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    michinpabo897 pts Thursday, July 25, 2019 2
    Thursday, July 25, 2019

    Sincerity my ass.. these were the same people who refused to apologize in the beginning. The only reason they are singing a different tune is because of them realizing the real consequence they would be facing.

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