Ex-AUM cult member Hirata arrested
TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult. Hirata turned himself in to police in Tokyo on Dec. 31, 2011, after being on the run for more than 16 years and was immediately arrested for suspected involvement in a conspiracy with AUM founder Shoko Asahara and other followers to abduct Kiyoshi Kariya, chief clerk at a notary office in Tokyo, in February 1995. (Kyodo)
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