Dutch POWs head for court for war compensation

Former Dutch prisoners of war head for the Tokyo District Court on Nov. 30 to hear the court's decision on their case. They were seeking compensation from the Japanese government for inhumane treatment at Japanese prisoner-of-war camps in Indonesia during World War II. But the court turned down their suit.

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