Action: Could the statue of comfort women destroy racial harmony in Australia?

In August, a memorial statue of comfort women of World War II was unveiled in a church in Ashifield, Sydney. The statue, presented by the Korean community, is about 1.5 meters high, depicting a Korean comfort woman sitting next to an empty chair, symbolically meaning that since that time the victim has died. At that time, the local Japanese and Korean communities had a great deal of disagreement over whether the statue should be erected. Last Thursday, a Japanese group referred to the World War II commemorative bronze statue for Japanese racism, quoting the controversial Anti-Racial Discrimination Act 18C against the Church. Would this statue of comfort women destroy racial harmony in Australia? Peter Cai, special commentator of SBS, made a comment on the issue in the program.

A model of the comfort women statue ahead of its unveiling in Sydney Source: SBS