Three Chinese plaintiffs of the Chongqing mass bombings suit
demanded Wednesday afternoon on the Tokyo District Court that the
Japanese government adopt a right view on the crimes committed by
the Japanese invasion army and give apology and compensation to the
victims.
The three plaintiffs, from Leshan city of Sichuan Province in
southwest China, gave their speeches one by one during the court
statement procedure, the second of its kind.
They strongly reprimanded then Japanese invasion army for its
atrocious indiscriminate bombings on Leshan, told of the history of
the killings of their relatives in the bombing and demanded a fair
ruling.
A group of 40 Chinese victims or family members of the victims
of the Chongqing mass bombings and Leshan mass bombings filed a
damages suit against the Japanese government to the Tokyo District
Court last March. The case was known as the Chongqing mass bombings
suit.
The Japanese invasion army conducted indiscriminate bombings on
Chongqing and nearby Leshan from 1938 to 1943. A recent study by a
Chinese group showed that around 23,600 people were killed and
about 37,700 people were wounded during the mass bombings.
(Xinhua News Agency January 25, 2007)
