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Civil Rights

May 8, 2014

Bar associations speak out about 'comfort women' suit

In a joint statement released Tuesday, the Korean American Bar Association of Southern California and the Japanese American Bar Association called on the case to not foster ethnic divisions.


By Kylie Reynolds


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Two Asian-American bar associations have come together in a sign of unity to implore that a controversial lawsuit seeking to remove a statue honoring so-called "comfort women" in Los Angeles not foster ethnic divisions.


In a joint statement released Tuesday, the Korean American Bar Association of Southern California and the Japanese American Bar Association called the plaintiffs' compl...

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