Sumiyo Egawa
Secretariat-General and President of AJCN
May 7, Lee Yong-soo, one of former “Comfort Women” accused an influential activist group “the Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for the Issues of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan” since this group is exploiting Women and exploiting money from Japan for Japan Bashing. She declared she would not attend Wednesday rally anymore,
When Mr. Michael Yon, my friend came to Sydney for supporting AJCN, he told me the “Comfort Women” are animals kept in a zoo called “The Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan” and trained by it so that they have been main players at the anti-Japan campaign. The fraud and corruption of this group being revealed this time proves his words.
Re: Michael Yon
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Photographer / journalist
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Born in Florida, USA in 1964. He belonged to the US Army Special Forces (Green Berets) for 5 years in the 1980s. Since 2004, he has been a correspondent in the Iraq war and Afghan conflict. Report on 70 countries around the world is also receiving attention from major media in the world. He “re-discovered” the US government research report IWG report, which had been buried for nearly 10 years, and continues to research the truth of the “comfort women” issue. Recently He enthusiastically covered the Hong Kong issue and disseminated information about the Chinese Communist Party's oppression on Hong Kong citizens.
The following is an article of The Japan Times News published May 9, 2020 quoting the article of Kyodo published on May 8. The scandal is being pursued daily in South Korea, and a reassessment of the anti-Japanese activities affected by this group abroad will be also undertaken.
Ex-'comfort woman' in South Korea criticizes weekly protests at Japanese Embassy
The Japan Times News May 9, 2020
Lee Yong Soo, a 91-year-old former South Korean "comfort woman," holds a news conference in the city of Daegu on Thursday. | YONHAP / VIA KYODO
KYODO
SEOUL – A 91-year-old former "comfort woman" in South Korea has criticized weekly protest rallies in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, saying they preach hatred to young participants.
Lee Yong-soo's accusation, made at a news conference Thursday, marks a rare moment of dissent among veteran participants in the rallies that have been held 1,438 times every Wednesday since January 1992.
Together with a civic group that has organized the rallies and supported the comfort women who were forced or coerced into sexual servitude under various circumstances before and during the war, including abduction, deception and poverty, Lee has spent years demanding an apology and compensation from the Japanese government.
The wartime dispute has been one of the major issues straining ties between Japan and South Korea.
At Thursday's news conference in the southeastern city of Daegu, the nonagenarian accused the group, the Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for the Issues of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan, of not using in a transparent manner donations collected from the public.
Lee also said she will no longer attend the weekly rallies, which draw many students from middle school through university, among other participants, and that the gatherings should end.
"The rallies only teach young students hatred," she said, adding that young generations of South Koreans and Japanese should interact more and become friendly to each other.
She also criticized Yoon Mi-hyang, former head of the group, for becoming a lawmaker after successfully running in the April 15 general election as a ruling party-affiliated candidate.
Her pointed criticism of Yoon may suggest some internal division within the group after the 55-year-old activist sought to enter politics.
On Friday, Yoon wrote on her social media account that all the donations collected by the group were subjected to thorough oversight and were used properly. She also emphasized the importance of the weekly rallies.
The civic group separately released a statement on Friday saying it was regrettable that there was some misunderstanding between the group and former comfort women.
"We will use this as a chance to look back on our movements during the past 30 years where we tried our best to be together with the victims as family and colleagues," the group said, pledging to work harder to help settle the comfort women issue with Japan and restore the women's rights and honor.
