On the left is the bronze statue of comfort women at night, and opposite is the Japanese department store during the "Japanese occupation". Japan's "Cabinet" Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said at a press conference after the "Cabinet" meeting on the 15th: "It is very reg

On the left is the bronze statue of comfort women at night, and opposite is the Japanese department store during the "Japanese occupation". (Photo source: Hong Kong China Review News Agency)

According to the Hong Kong China Review News Agency’s report on August 16, Taiwan’s first bronze statue of comfort women was unveiled in Tainan City on the 14th. Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said at a press conference after the “Cabinet” meeting on the 15th: “It is very regrettable! Taiwan’s approach is incompatible with the Japanese government’s consistent position.” The head of the Kaohsiung office of the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association also went to the Tainan City Hall to express concern about the matter.

The location of the Comfort Women Statue was originally a parking space outside the Tainan City Party Headquarters of the Kuomintang. Now it has been transformed into the Comfort Women Statue Square. In addition to the existing security surveillance system, the City Party Headquarters did not install special monitors in the bronze statue area. The Comfort Women Statue spent two days in the small square. Except for the fact that more people stopped and took photos than in the past, there was no special abnormality. The Kuomintang Party Headquarters stated that the base installation is expected to be carried out on the 16th. The unveiling ceremony of the

bronze statue on the 14th attracted a large number of Japanese media interviews and extensive reports, and attracted great attention from Japanese officials. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga expressed "extreme regret" about the bronze statue of comfort women set up in Tainan City, and the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association also responded in kind. In addition, the director of the Kaohsiung office of the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association went to the Tainan City Government to express concern about the matter and express regret. The Tainan City Government once again issued a press release, reiterating that this was a politically calculated election event promoted by the Kuomintang.

Chairman of the Tainan City Party Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang Xie Longjie told the China Review News that the Japanese had done these evil deeds and erected the bronze statue of comfort women to heal the pain and hope for reconciliation and resolution of hatred, but they did not allow historical facts to be distorted; as Ma Ying-jeou, who attended the unveiling ceremony of the bronze statue, said, the Japanese government must face this matter bravely.

Xie Ryongjie pointed out: Japan should sincerely apologize and compensate for the comfort women during World War II; "There are only two comfort women left in Taiwan. Taiwan's daughters have suffered such persecution. If the Taiwanese people do not stand up and speak, that will be Taiwan's tragedy." "Is it so difficult to apologize to Taiwan's daughters for doing such a thing?" As for what Yoshihide Suga said, he thinks Tsai Ing-wen and Lai Qingde should respond well!

The Tainan City Government issued press releases twice on the 14th and 15th. Representative Xu Shufen, director of the city government’s Information and International Relations Department, spoke on behalf of the city and reiterated that the unveiling event of the comfort women statue was planned and carried out by the Kuomintang. The event was held at the Tainan City Party Headquarters of the Kuomintang. The statue was released. Land is owned by the Kuomintang. The Tainan City Comfort Women Human Rights and Equality Promotion Association was also established in April 2018 with the assistance of the Kuomintang chairman. The inauguration was by former Kuomintang chairman Ma Ying-jeou. From the establishment of the organization to the planning and publicity of activities, it was all promoted by the Kuomintang. It is a political activity of the Kuomintang. Cai Liqing, executive director of the Tainan City Department of the Democratic Progressive Party, said that she asked the Kuomintang not to consume comfort women for the election.

In response to the press releases issued by the Tainan City Government for two consecutive days, Taiwan's first bronze statue of comfort women was erected in Tainan. It was a political activity planned by the Kuomintang. Xie Longjie said that the comfort women were persecuted but had political motives. Taiwan The tragedy of human beings; comfort women is the biggest human rights incident in the 20th century. As a political affairs officer, Xu Shufen, the director of the Information and International Relations Department of the Tainan City Government, insists on referring to the major human rights issue of comfort women as a political and electoral event. This is the tragedy of the Taiwanese people and is not worth refuting.