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the only "comfort women" memorial bronze statue in taiwan was originally located directly opposite the hayashi department store in the west central district of tainan city, but it was quietly removed last night (18th). during the regular questioning session today (19th), kmt city councilor tsai yu-hui asked the tainan city government to pay attention to the statue and provide a green space for its placement. kmt legislator xie longjie also said that the statue was originally located on the land of the kmt tainan city party headquarters, but because the land was liquidated and auctioned, there is no place to place the statue now, and he hopes to find a green space to place the statue so that people can remember it.

it is understood that this "comfort women" memorial bronze statue is a taiwanese girl who resists with both hands, symbolizing the victims' helplessness and resistance to change the status quo, as well as their inner desire for justice to be served. the back of the statue has explanations in chinese, english, korean and japanese. this statue was established in 2018 by xie longjie with the help of tainan city "comfort women" equality promotion association to raise funds. related activities will also be held here on august 14, the world "comfort women" memorial day every year.

when former taiwanese leader ma ying-jeou attended a memorial event in tainan on august 14 this year, he also pointed out that the dpp authorities keep saying that they want to promote the so-called "transitional justice," but they become silent when it comes to the issue of victims of the "comfort women" system. not only do they deliberately erase the historical memory of victims of the "comfort women" system, but they also kowtow to japan, which is incredible. ma ying-jeou denounced that when former taiwanese leader tsai ing-wen was in office, she tampered with textbooks to delete the history of victims of the "comfort women" system and did not mention japan's crimes at all, as if nothing had happened, so he wanted to "condemn and condemn again."

as the kmt tainan city party headquarters was auctioned off by the court, the time limit has expired and the land handover is imminent. last night, the "comfort women" memorial statue was temporarily removed and placed in a warehouse. xie longjie confirmed this, but he also mentioned that he had hoped for more than a year that the tainan city government would help place the "comfort women" memorial statue, but it was not agreed. he still hopes that the tainan city government can provide a park green space to place the statue, "even a corner is fine", the key is to allow people to come and pay tribute.

cai yuhui also expressed the hope that the tainan city government would pay attention to this period of history and call for an appropriate location to be chosen to place the "comfort women" memorial bronze statue. he also said that if there is no financial source, he is willing to raise the funds himself.

tainan mayor huang wei-che responded by saying that his position condemning the "comfort women" incident has not changed since he was a legislator and is now the mayor. however, the "comfort women" memorial statue was set up privately, and whether the tainan city government should accept it is another matter.(lin jingxian, strait herald reporter in taiwan)