- By Joel Guinto and also Virma Simonette
- in Singapore and also Manila
Image resource, Virma Simonette/ BBC
Maria Quilantang (L) and also Pilar Galang (R) were raped by Japanese soldiers throughout World War Two
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As Pilar Galang hops with her strolling stick right into a space complete of fellow octogenarian ladies in a drowsy Philippine community, she all of a sudden has a hard time to bear in mind why she is using her much-loved flower gown.
The 88-year-old eye her sister-in-law,Maria Quilantang It’s a hint to freshen her memory. The 2 ladies remain in yet one more event of previous World War Two sex slaves – the supposed “comfort women” that were pushed into army whorehouses in South Korea, Philippines, Taiwan, China and also Indonesia by theJapanese Imperial Army
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