AN activist for war reparations against Japan has been told by the Government not to collaborate with national legislators and advisers to press for compensation.
Beijing-based Tong Zeng yesterday said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had passed on messages to tell him not to get in touch with delegates to the NPC and members of the CPPCC at the upcoming session.
'But I am sure that my friends at the NPC and CPPCC will initiate contacts with me when they are here for the meetings,' Mr Tong said.
A leading campaigner for reparations, Mr Tong noted that a number of NPC deputies and CPPCC members would put forward motions to demand from the Japanese compensation for mainland victims.
'This year is the 50th anniversary of Japan's surrender. There are still many victims on the mainland. Even if I do not take the lead, many others will surely organise activities and appeals for the reparations,' Mr Tong said.
However, he expected that the Government would step up controls over such activities because it was going to organise grand celebrations to mark the anniversary.
Mr Tong, a researcher with the China Research Centre on Ageing, had been forced to take study trips outside Beijing in the past when the NPC and CPPCC were in session.
