Chinese CW Victims to Ask Japan for Better Treatment

Chinese victims of chemical weapons left by Japan following World War II are expected to present a report of their injuries to Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, China Daily reported today (see GSN, June 28).

“Our aim is to urge the Japanese government to give better treatment to these victims and step up its efforts to dispose of chemical weapons Japanese troops left in China,” said Luo Lijuan, a Chinese lawyer. She is a member of the delegation made up of nine Chinese victims and lawyers from China and Japan lobbying the Japanese government.

The victims were exposed to leaking barrels of mustard agent in August 2003 in northeast China. The leak killed one person and injured 43, according to China Daily (China Daily/CRIOnline, July 26).

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