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Manila City Hall quizzed on ‘statue’

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The Department of Foreign Affairs has formally asked officials of Manila City Hall and the National Historical Commission of the Philippines to explain why a “Comfort Woman” statue was erected along Roxas Boulevard.

In an “extremely urgent” letter dated Dec. 12, DFA Assistant Secretary Millicent Cruz-Paredes asked the background and actual process before why and how the bronze statue was erected.

“Taking into account the sensitive nature of the comfort woman issue both domestically and bilaterally with Japan, the department requests for background information regarding the monument,” Paredes wrote.

The Comfort Woman statue was erected in memory of Filipino women forced into sexual slavery by Japanese soldiers during the World War II.

The issue on comfort women remains a very sensitive diplomatic issue between Japan and Asian neighbors that it invaded.

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In November, Osaka has decided to cut its ties with San Francisco after it built a sculpture in memory of comfort women in one of its parks.

The Japanese embassy in Manila also confirmed that it had already sought explanation from the Manila City Hall and former President and now Manila Mayor Ejercito Estrada. 

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