MPPs have unanimously passed Liberal Soo Wong’s motion recognizing Dec. 13 as Nanjing Massacre Commemorative Day in Ontario. It remembers the more than 200,000 victims in the city of Nanjing, which was known as Nanking when Japan invaded China 80 years ago. “The Nanjing Massacre is about the tens of thousands of women, young and old, who were sexually assaulted in the capture of the city,” Wong (Scarborough-Agincourt) told the Legislature on Thursday. But Japanese interests quietly lobbied MPPs from all three parties against supporting Wong’s motion. Interestingly, Wong’s motion passed even though similar private member’s legislation she tabled — Bill 79, Nanjing Massacre Commemorative Day Act, 2016 — has been stalled in a legislative committee since last year.

Source: thestar October 27, 2017 20:48 UTC