Seishirō Itagaki Quote

The Chinese courts have tried many Japanese officers for their crimes against the Chinese. These men committed thousands of crimes against Koreans. They killed and persecuted thousands of our people for refusing to help the Japanese war effort. They forced Koreans into the coal mines as slave laborers and let them die of tuberculosis and neglect.

Quoted in "Korea would Try 2 Japanese Chiefs" from "New York Times" article - November 30, 1948.