South Korea Investigating Support Group for Wartime ‘Sex Slaves’: Report
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Survivor Lee Yong-soo protests near the Japanese embassy in Seoul on Sept. 18, 2019.
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South Korea’s top prosecutor has ordered an investigation into financial fraud allegations made against a support group for women who were forced to work in colonial-era Japanese military brothels, a local newspaper reported.
Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl ordered the investigation Tuesday of the Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance, which has been accused of accounting fraud and embezzlement, JoongAng Daily reported, without elaborating on how it obtained the information.