The spokeswoman of Chinese Foreign Ministry gave her talk on the compensation of the Chinese labors in “花冈incident”

Via Xinhua net, Nov 30th, Beijing: The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue answered the reporters on the agreement being reached between the “花冈incident” Chinese labors and the Japanese corporations at the duty news issuance conference today.
  A reporter asked, after the negotiation, the Chinese labors in “花冈incident” and the Japanese corporations reached an agreement. What’s the comment of Chinese Foreign Ministry on this event?
  Zhang Qiyue said, the impressment on the Chinese labors is one of the serious crimes the Japanese Militarists perpetrated to the Chinese People during the aggression war in China. And the “花冈incident” is a very example. We have asked the Japanese part to treat the incident seriously all along. As we know, the Japanese 鹿岛Construction Corporation has already admitted the historical truth of enslaving the Chinese labors and apologized deeply to the surviving labors and the family numbers of the victims. (Finished) 

[From Xinhua net, Nov 30th, 2000, 19:21]