The statue of a comfort woman erected along Roxas Boulevard in Manila Bay was removed overnight yesterday. A Komatsu backhoe that was parked weeks ago behind the comfort woman statue had been reported to the police for illegal display and for disrespecting the statue, a police officer who requested anonymity on beat patrol in the area told reporters. The Komatsu backhoe was spotted on the rubble yesterday where the comfort woman statue once stood. “The city government has nothing to do with the removal of the comfort woman statue in Roxas Boulevard. The mayor said the group which had the comfort woman statue erected should bury the bad past of the Filipinos.

Source: Philippine Star April 28, 2018 16:02 UTC