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Our court has decided to seize money that Mitsubishi, a war criminal company, should receive from a domestic company. We have accepted the application for seizure of the families of victims of forced labor during the Japanese occupation, and there are evaluations that a way has been opened for the victims to receive compensation, but there are still many tasks to be solved.



Reporter Son Hyung-an reports.



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Victims of forced labor during the Japanese colonial rule secured legal grounds for compensation from the war crimes company Mitsubishi through the Supreme Court ruling in 2018.



However, it is not known where and how much Mitsubishi's domestic assets to be recovered, so the damage has not been recovered.



In the meantime, it was recently revealed that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries had been trading goods with LS Mtron, a domestic company, and the victims' families applied to the court earlier this month to seize the amount of goods that Mitsubishi should have received from LS Mtron and cover the amount of compensation.



Accordingly, the court also decided to seize and collect an amount equivalent to 850 million won, including compensation for forced labor and delay damages.



Although the way for victims to receive actual compensation has been opened, there is still a process to overcome.



Immediately, LS Mtron plans to issue a written opinion to the court stating that the transaction was with a Mitsubishi subsidiary, not with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.



It is said that the seizure of the goods price may have been wrong, but the process of checking whether LS's claim is true seems to be in progress.



[Attorney Jae-Sung Lim / Representatives of Forced Labor Victims: At this stage, the procedure to check whether the payment for the goods between the bond and LS Mtron and Mitsubishi actually occurred will be done through the method of the third debtor’s statement of opinion of the court.]



Seize Mitsubishi’s bonds The Japanese government responded that the Korean-Japan relationship would face a serious situation if it was actually converted into cash.



(Video coverage: Seo Jin-ho, Video editing: Lee Hong-myung)