SAN PEDRO CITY, Philippines - The statue of a young woman seated with her fists clenched on her lap has been removed following a protest from the Japanese Embassy in Manila, which considered it a memorial to comfort women, the sex slaves forced to serve Japanese invading forces in World War II.
The statue drew controversy that prompted Malacañang to issue a statement in its defence, amid condemnation of the Japanese government by a group of former comfort women and their supporters for demanding that Filipinos forget Japan's war crimes.
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