
Doomsday cult guru 'in diapers'
Herald Sun
SHOKO Asahara, the founder of a doomsday cult that released fatal nerve gas in the Tokyo subway in 1995, has deteriorated in health and now wears diapers in prison, a report said today.
The long-haired former head of the Aum Supreme Truth sect was sentenced to death in February and is undergoing an appeal trial, which his lawyers want suspended so he can undergo psychological tests.
Prison authorities sent a document to the Tokyo High Court revealing that the 49-year-old needed constant assistance in prison and wore diapers, the Jiji Press said.
The Asahi Shimbun newspaper quoted the report as saying Asahara, who for years has suffered partial blindness, was sometimes "muttering to himself but hardly speaks."