China News Service, January 8th. According to Korean media reports, a South Korean court on the 8th issued a judgment in the first instance against the Japanese government’s compensation lawsuit filed by Korean Japanese comfort women victims, and sentenced the Japanese government to pay 100 million compensation to the victims of comfort women. South Korean won (about 600,000 yuan).

　　On the morning of the 8th, local time, the 34th Civil Collegiate Chamber of the Seoul Central District Court opened a court session and sentenced 12 victimized comfort women, including the late Bae Chunji, to claim compensation against Japan.

The court declared that the plaintiff won the case and the Japanese government should pay 100 million won in compensation to each of the plaintiffs.

Data map: The bronze statue of the "comfort woman" peaceful girl standing in front of the Japanese Embassy in South Korea.

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　　The Judging Department stated that based on the comprehensive evidence and various materials and debates, it was determined that the defendant (the Japanese government) had an illegal act. “The plaintiffs may have suffered unimaginable, mental and physical pain, and there was no compensation for the damage. get".

　　The Judging Department believed that the amount of compensation should reach 100 million won per capita requested by the plaintiff, and therefore accepted all the plaintiff's requests.

　　According to reports, the comfort women victims targeted the Japanese government and filed multiple claims in South Korean courts, but this is the first time the case has been sentenced.

　　According to previous reports, Bae Chunji and others believed that the Japanese government deceived or forced them to become comfort women during the colonial rule of South Korea, and filed an application for mediation in August 2013, demanding compensation of 100 million won for economic losses.

　　However, the Japanese side has always refused to serve the litigation documents, and at the request of the plaintiff, it was transferred to the formal trial in January 2016.

　　The court followed the procedure of public service, and the trial was held for the first time in April 2020.

Public service refers to service by way of public announcement. After a certain period of time prescribed by law, it is deemed to be service.

　　After the trial began, the Japanese government requested the dismissal of the prosecution on the grounds of national sovereignty immunity in international law, and the plaintiff claimed that the liability for compensation could be pursued.

　　In addition, the first instance of another claim against Japan will also be pronounced on January 13, 2021.