Ex-AUM cult member held after 16 years on run
TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Hirata (L), a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult who has been on the run for more than 16 years, is escorted by police officers from Marunouchi Police Station to Osaki Police Station, both in Tokyo, on Jan. 1, 2012. Hirata, 46, turned himself in to police the previous night and was 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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