TOKYO, Feb 06 (News On Japan) –
The Tokyo High Court on February fifth dismissed an enchantment by the state in a lawsuit over the stays and hair of Matsumoto Chizuo, a former demise row inmate and chief of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, and ordered the federal government at hand them over to his second daughter.
Matsumoto, higher often known as Asahara Shoko, was executed in 2018, after which his second daughter filed a lawsuit in search of the return of his stays and hair from the state.
In the primary trial, the Tokyo District Court ordered the federal government at hand over the stays to the daughter, a call the state subsequently appealed.
During the enchantment, the federal government argued that revealing the placement of the stays may result in their changing into a “sacred site” for Aum followers and will encourage the actions of successor teams, whereas the daughter’s facet maintained that the stays wouldn’t be handed over to the cult.
In its ruling on February fifth, the Tokyo High Court said that “the danger posed by Aum Shinrikyo and its successor groups has not been eliminated,” noting that if the stays had been to leak exterior, they could possibly be used as a strong supply of attraction for the group, posing a severe risk to public security and social order.
At the identical time, the courtroom identified that the daughter has clearly said her intention by no means at hand over the stays to the cult and has indicated she would instantly contact the police or different authorities if any irregular scenario had been to come up of their storage, concluding that the state’s enchantment needs to be dismissed and ordering the federal government at hand the stays over to her.
Source: TBS