The coalition advocating justice for comfort women, or victims of sexual slavery during World War II, wants “Bahay na Pula” (Red House), the home in Bulacan province where they were abused by their Japanese captors, turned into a shrine. dempseyreyesINQ
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“All the government has to do is to exercise its power of eminent domain and then it can buy any private property for public use,” she added. But she said the government can rehabilitate that house or replicate its design and structure for another memorial site.In 2018, the Department of Public Works and Highways removed the statue from its site on Roxas Boulevard, a month ahead of the May 3 annual summit of Japanese-led Asian Development Bank.At that time, the department said the monument was in the way of a drainage improvement project.
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