Asahara: 'still crazy after all these years'

[IparryU]

Really?

I dont think it is out of park yet...

[Coligny]

I dont think it is out of park yet...

still cooler ride than...



or

[Grumpy Gramps]

Russia bans murderous Japanese sect Aum Shinrikyo as terrorist group

The Russian Supreme Court has declared as terrorist the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo. The authorities have moved to outlaw the group, best known for the deadly chemical attacks in the Tokyo subway in 1995.

The Supreme Court fulfilled the lawsuit filed by the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office and outlawed the activities of the international religious cult Aum Shinrikyo because of its terrorist nature.

The court ruling was announced on Tuesday after a closed Supreme Court session. The spokesperson only announced the end verdict without going into the details of the process.

[...]

The Russian branch of Aum Shinrikyo was liquidated by a Moscow court back in 1995, but until now the group was not recognized as a terrorist organization and was allowed, in theory at least, to preach its message.

[...]

Seriously? Aren't them Russians a little late to the game? I had no idea that Aum Shinrikyo is still a thing.

[Coligny]

Sooo... Don't read their wikipedia page if you want to sleep at whatever time you old farts sleep...

Because they are still running their show... Just like Halliburton they change name from time to time though..z must be a bitch for the visit cardsband the web domain name registration..

[Grumpy Gramps]

Ah, Wikipedia indeed. Didn't think of that one.

So Aum became Aleph and Google became Alphabet, which would be the rest of the mishpocha. Interesting...

[American Oyaji]

Ah, Wikipedia indeed. Didn't think of that one.

So Aum became Aleph and Google became Alphabet, which would be the rest of the mishpocha. Interesting...

That's "whole family" for those that are Yiddishly challenged.

[Taro Toporific]

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Game Based Upon a Real Life Act of Domestic Terrorism, Possibly Produced by the Cult Responsible, Is As Unsettling As It Sounds
Attract Mode / January 25, 2017
...Kamikuishiki-mura Monogatari....a doujin soft published for the PC-88, which according to Tokugawa Corp is “Based on the Aum Shinrikyo cult responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway”...
...Kamikuishiki-mura Monogatari operates as a resource management sim, with the goal being the successful deployment of the chemical agent to targeted trains. The graphics combine a variety of real world images and video with somewhat charming yet ultimately creepy cartoon renderings of mostly Shoko Asahara, the Aum Shinrikyo cult’s leader.
More...

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[Taro Toporific]

Shingetsu News Agency 12:58 PM - 28 Dec 2017
(Last news item at the bottom)
—Shoko Asahara, founder of the murderous Aum Shinrikyo cult, thought likely to be executed by the Abe government in 2018. Apparently, some Justice Ministry bureaucrats want this done by the end of the Heisei Era, before the next Emperor’s reign.

[wagyl]

Wow that is certainly some unexpected fallout from the decision to abdicate.

Who would want to be a sovereign figurehead? No power -- you can't even decide on a whim "I'm going to the beach today," not even after you abdicate -- and a whole lot of stuff like this done in your name.

[Takechanpoo]

of course and needless to say you gaijin dudes do know he has been kept in the state of being over-addicted to drugs to not testify the connection between aum and unification church/north korea, right?

[wagyl]

Yes of course we are all aware of that fact.

We are also aware that not one single piece of evidence uttered by Shoko Asahara has ever been regarded as having any probative value whatsoever. He has never been regarded as a credible witness.

We are also aware that the risk taken that the drugs will not be effective and also the risks that this conspiracy will be revealed, mean that continuing that program is far and away the best method of achieving the aim. The long available option of executing him earlier and solving this issue completely and finally, is not thought to be as good as continuing the drugging regime.

We also know that the North Korean regime is perfectly able to carry out an assassination of, say, a brother of the leader in a foreign country, with complete disregard for the respect due to the foreign country, and that convinces us that manufacturing an unfortunate accident in a Japanese prison to solve this issue completely and finally is certainly beyond their capability and would offend their morals. Surely you know as well as all the rest of us what proportion of inmates of Japanese prisons are Chosen nationality.

We also know that Aum has respect for their senior members and would not assassinate one of them if expedient. Not even if they use a Korean to carry out the act. Just ask Hideo Murai. Or ask the assassin.

Right?

[BigInJapan]

Looks like Asahara and his disciples will be visiting a trapdoor soon...

After more than 20 years of trials, Japan’s Supreme Court removes final obstacle to Aum executions
- Japan Times article - Jan. 21, 2018

The 20-plus years of criminal trials involving members of the now-defunct doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo came to a close Friday as the Supreme Court upheld the life sentence of Katsuya Takahashi, who was convicted of murder in the 1995 sarin attack on the Tokyo subway system.

The Aum trials were unprecedented in Japan’s judicial history in terms of their sheer number and the length of the deliberations. The focus now shifts to when the 13 members on death row — including Aum founder Shoko Asahara, 62, whose real name is Chizuo Matsumoto — will be hanged.

A series of terrorist attacks and other crimes committed by Aum resulted in the indictment of about 190 people. Due to the complexity of the background of the cases and the members’ relationships, the trials dragged on. Asahara’s trial, in particular, took seven years and 10 months, with the courts convening 257 times in total.

Exchanges involving insignificant details were often repeated. The families of the victims eventually grew critical of the defendants, saying they were using stalling tactics.

This criticism led to the enactment of a law aimed at forcing the courts to finish deliberating all cases within two years, and the introduction of pretrial arrangement procedures to let the judge, prosecution and defense meet in advance to clarify the points of contention and sort evidence before trials begin. In 2008, a system allowing crime victims to participate in trials was introduced, followed by the launch of the lay judge system the following year.

In December 2011, all of the Aum defendants — apart from Takahashi and two other members who were on the run — had their sentences finalized, making it appear as if the trials had finally ended.

Then, later the same month, member Makoto Hirata, 52, turned himself in to the Metropolitan Police Department. Fellow fugitives Naoko Kikuchi, 46, and Takahashi, 59, were arrested soon after, triggering the resumption of the Aum trials.

Some victims of Aum’s crimes say that, due to the new system allowing victims to be present in the courtrooms, they were given the chance to look squarely at the defendants and ask them questions directly, which made them feel the legal changes were worth the effort.

But Taro Takimoto, a lawyer who supported people who fled the cult, said the old system was more meaningful because it showed how the cult members were under the “mind control” of Asahara.

“Under the lay judge system, the scope of the trial has had to be narrowed down, exposing the limits of fact-finding,” Takimoto said.

It has been customary in Japan not to execute someone on death row if the case of an accomplice is pending before a court. Now that the last Aum member on trial has had his case closed, there is no barrier to execution. Any one of them could be hanged at any time.

According to a Justice Ministry source, there are essentially two options: to execute all 13 on the same day, or execute Asahara first.

The ministry is known for its tendency to postpone the execution of people with severe mental disease. While Asahara is rumored to be in poor health, a senior ministry official said the founder “is not in an abnormal state, both physically and mentally, and there’s no reason not to execute.”

Not a few ministry and prosecution sources have expressed anxiety over what will happen after the executions, saying they fear groups who have taken charge of Aum might seek revenge on the justice minister, who must sign off on each one. There are also other unresolved issues, such as who will deal with their bodies.

Public security officials say there is a possibility that Asahara could be deified by remnants of the cult. Three groups have taken over Aum — their ranks number 1,650 and they collectively have ¥1 billion in assets, the officials said.

“We cannot leave someone who committed such heinous crimes to die from disease,” a senior Justice Ministry official said.

Another official once involved in an execution said that carrying out Matsumoto’s death sentence has long been a priority at the ministry.

“Now we can finally resolve this important issue,” the official said.

[Russell]

Breaking: Shoko Asahara and six cult members hanged

[Taro Toporific]

Breaking: Shoko Asahara and six cult members hanged

USO! "Fake news"!
The Master could not be hanged...Our great lightened Sonshi could FLY!!

https://youtu.be/IVnscHsPfR4?t=38s

[Takechanpoo]

after all, it remains to be unsolved where the sarin used in the attack was from.
why the fuck on earth didnt the authorities confirm the attacks were done as a proxy of north korea?

[wagyl]

Since there is one fewer masters of the art of levitation alive on this planet, this guy has risen in the ranks.

[Russell]

Breaking: Shoko Asahara and six cult members hanged

USO! "Fake news"!
The Master could not be hanged...

Didn't you know he could swing?

[dimwit]

Now there seems to be a big family furor about his ashes. One might of thought that people with a shred of decency wouldn't want to have anything to do with them. I still feel they should of microwaved him and dumped the remains in Lake Kawaguchi.

[wagyl]

1. Strange as it may seem, even twisted psychopaths are parents to their own children. Things are not ever just black and white. In this case it was often a luscious shade of fuchsia.

2. It was Motosu Lake. The one on the 1000 yen note. Get it right.

[dimwit]

1. Strange as it may seem, even twisted psychopaths are parents to their own children. Things are not ever just black and white. In this case it was often a luscious shade of fuchsia.

2. It was Motosu Lake. The one on the 1000 yen note. Get it right.

Seriously what will they do with the ashes? Make a nice shrine in the house so that all the batshit crazies can visit and snort them. Sell them as medicine?

Sorry don't know may lakes in Kanto and Kawaguchi was the name that came to mind.

[Russell]

I think they should send those ashes to North-Korea.