Ex-sex slaves in their 80s recount ordeals with Japanese soldiers

Ex-sex slaves in their 80s recount ordeals with Japanese soldiers

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia - An Indonesian woman, who only goes by the name Miyem, says on Sept. 20, 2014, on the outskirts of Yogyakarta on Java Island, Indonesia, that she was abducted by Japanese soldiers during World War II and was forced to have sex day and night.

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