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WWII 'comfort woman' s*x slave tells of the barbarity she suffered and why she is suing Japan for £16million

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I had to receive 50 Japanese soldiers a day. They kicked me and beat me... and my children are still ashamed of me': WWII 'comfort woman' s*x slave tells of the barbarity she suffered and why she is suing Japan for £16million The day Lee Ok-seon was snatched off the street is etched into her memory forever. Terrified, she was just 15 years old when she was grabbed as she walked home from work and taken to work in a military brothel. For three years she was held as a sex slave for the Japanese army where she was expected to 'comfort' up to 50 troops per day.  Painful memories: Now 87, Lee Ok-seon was just 15 when she was snatched off the street and forced to work in a military brothel Miserable: Up to 200,000 women and girls worked in 'comfort stations' where they were held as sex slaves for Japanese troops during WWII Lee is one of only a few dozen surviving 'comfort women', the name given to up to 200,000 women and girls, mostly from the Korean peni...