Comfort women statue has been unveiled in Sydney today.
Statue Establishing Committee has unveiled the statue today at a traditional welcoming ceremony at the Korean Community Hall in Croydon Park.
Guests including Linda Burney MP, Won-Ok Gil, a former comfort woman from South Korea and Reverend Bill Crews, who has nominated the church grounds of his Uniting Church Parish in Ashfield came to this ceremony today.
It's designed to be a symbol of peace, but instead a statue representing the so-called "comfort women" of World War II is dividing communities in Australia.
Spokesman for the Peace Statue Establishing Committee, Si Hyun Paik said the statue is intended to remember the ordeal of the comfort women.
Not everyone sees it that way, with the Australia-Japan Community Network threatening legal action.
Just a year ago, plans for a similar statue in a nearby suburb were scrapped following community outrage.
