Chinese enslaved during WWII plan collective lawsuit  

二战中国劳工拟在华向日企提起大规模集体诉讼

日本共同社16日报道，据多名消息人士透露，围绕侵华战争时日本企业强掳中国劳工一事，受害劳工及其家属向日企索赔及要求道歉的集体诉讼正在中国国内酝酿。诉讼对象为三菱材料等数家公司，最终可能发展至以约20家日企为对象的大规模诉讼。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- A group of Chinese people who were forced into labor by Japanese companies during World War II are planning to file a collective lawsuit against several Japanese companies, including Mitsubishi Materials Corp, the Kyodo News Service reports.

The lawsuit, which includes the relatives of the claimants, will reportedly be filed in courts in Beijing, Hebei province and Shandong province.

The claimants are demanding that the Japanese companies admit to enslaving Chinese laborers, issue an apology, compensate the victims, and build a monument for the victims in Japan, the report said.

The China Lawyers Association is involved, while some scholars at the China Academy of Social Sciences and Peking University have also joined the cause.

The public relations department at Mitsubishi Materials Corp responded that it will "adopt proper measures" if sued. According to figures from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, the company enslaved more than 3,700 Chinese laborers.

The Japanese high court dismissed a forced labor suit and a sex slavery suit filed by Chinese in 2007, saying "the Chinese government gave up such a right in a bilateral statement with Japan in 1972," Xinhua News Agency reported.