Ahead of the 29th anniversary of the Aum Shinrikyo subway sarin attack, in which 14 people died and approximately 6,300 were affected, the bereaved families have submitted a request to the government to encourage recovery and recurrence of the damage. We called for efforts to prevent this.
In 1995, the Aum Shinrikyo subway sarin attack in which commuters were indiscriminately targeted, poisoned sarin was sprayed on three lines running through Tokyo, killing 14 people and injuring approximately 6,300 people.
Ahead of the 29th anniversary of the incident on the 20th, Shizue Takahashi, the representative organizer of the victims' association who lost her husband in the incident, and lawyers visited the Ministry of Justice and other locations to meet with Minister of Justice Koizumi and the Public Security Intelligence Agency. I handed the request form to Director Urata.
The request states that the successor organization of the cult cooperate so that appropriate compensation can be provided to the victims and their families, that the successor organization continue to be subject to observation and punishment, and that records and materials of the incident be preserved to prevent them from fading. I'm looking for things like that.
One of the successor organizations, Aleph, is required to report its activities to the Public Security Intelligence Agency every three months, and the Public Security Review Committee has imposed measures to prevent recurrence by restricting the use of church facilities and donations. is being applied.
After making the request, Takahashi held a press conference in Tokyo and said, ``I am still afraid of the situation where the doctrine of Aum Shinrikyo remains and successor groups that believe in it are active.'' I want you to think about it," he said.