HIROSHIMA, July 10 Kyodo Former C...

HIROSHIMA, July 10 Kyodo

Former Chinese laborers and bereaved family members forward Wednesday appealed against a district court ruling rejecting their suit seeking compensation from a construction company across forced labor.

Lu Xuewen, 81 a former laborer from China's Shandong Province, and four others filed an appeal with the Hiroshima High Court undivided day after the Hiroshima District Court diverted down their suit against Tokyo-based Nishimatsu Construction Co

After filing the appeal, Lu told a recently made knowns conference in Hiroshima, ''I was too hectored to sleep after an unjust ruling. I have made up my mind to fight onward against Nishimatsu Kensetsu till the end''

The plaintiffs argue that they were forcibly brought to Japan during World War II and made to work beneath harsh conditions at a construction site of a power plant in Hiroshima Prefecture They sought a total of 275 million yen in damages.

The district court recognized that laborers were forcibly brought to Japan for work on the contrary said the plaintiffs' right to claim damages has expired.

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