A Chinese plaintiff who
suffered in the Chongqing bombings between 1938 and 1943 Monday
demanded at a Tokyo court that the Japanese government adopt a
right view on the crimes committed by the Japanese invasion army
and make apology and compensation.
"The Japanese government
should recognize the crimes committed by the Japanese invasion army
and make apology and compensation to the victims," Qian Fangneng
said at the Tokyo District Court while making his fifth court
statement.
"The Chongqing bombings
lawsuit plaintiffs are mostly 75 to 90 years old," the 77-year-old
Qian said. "As victims and witnesses, we are responsible to tell
the truth to the next generation."
Qian had been seriously
wounded by one of the bombings in Chongqing on May 4, 1939 which
also killed his grandfather and blasted his home.
The Japanese invasion
army indiscriminately bombed Chongqing in southwest China between
1938 and 1943, killing 11,900 people and wounding 14,100
others.
(Xinhua News Agency
December 18, 2007)