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Just like the Nanjing Massacre victims, many Hong Kong people were slaughtered by Japanese aggressors. We can feel their pain. We will never forget that part of history."

Lin Zhen, 79, who started fighting Japanese invaders as a Hong Kong guerrilla at the age of 9, recalled the sufferings of Hong Kong people during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45). Liu was quoted by Xinhua News Agency on Saturday when the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region held a ceremony to mark China's first Nanjing Massacre National Memorial Day to memorialize victims slaughtered by Japanese aggressors.