Most people who
believe in “Japanese sex slavery of Korean women during WWII” probably do so
because these “victims” are saying so. But have they ever examined their
testimonies given at various places over time?
For example, Lee Yong-Soo, a
former comfort woman living in Seoul at Nanum House, have been explaining the
circumstance of kidnapping at various occasions as follows:
1992, in the report submitted to
Korean Council for Women Drafted for Sexual Slavery by Japan: “Delighted to
receive a red dress and leather shoes from a man wearing clothing resembling a
uniform. Went along with him right away”.
2000 Dec, at Women’s
International War Crimes Tribunal on Japan’s Military Sexual Slavery: “Deceived
by Japanese man (comfort station proprietor)”.
2002 Jun, in the article in
Akahata, Japanese Communist Party’s paper: “kidnapped at bayonet point at the
age of 14”.
2007 Feb, at hearing at US House
of Representative: “In the autumn of 1944, when I was 16 years old, my friend,
Kim Punsun, and I were collecting shellfish at the riverside when we noticed an
elderly man and a Japanese man looking down at us form the hillside.… the
Japanese beckoned to us to follow him. I was scared and ran away…. A few days
later, Punsun knocked on my window early in the morning, and whispered to me to
follow her quietly. I tip-toed out of the house after her. I left without
telling my mother…. I followed my friend until we met the same man who had
tried to approach us on the riverbank. He looked as if he was in his late
thirties and he wore a sort of People’s Army uniform with a combat cap.
Altogether, there were five girls with him, including myself.”
These statements differ so much
from each other though describing the same event. Even if one would defend Lee
Yong-soo for her weak memory due to old age, these are simply “different”
stories on how the kidnapping occurred. It is natural to think that Lee Yong-soo
cannot stick to one story, because what she is trying to say is not true.
More
details on “No Organized or Forced Recruitment” (Differing versions of Lee
Yong-soo’s account on p.10)
http://www.sdh-fact.com/CL02_1/31_S4.pdf
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