Court orders Ho-no-Hana to pay damages

Court orders Ho-no-Hana to pay damages

FUKUOKA, Japan - Katsushige Koga (C), lawyer for the plaintiffs in a law suit against the Ho-no-Hana Sampogyo religious group, speaks at a news conference April 28 after a court ordered the group and its founder Hogen Fukunaga to pay 27 people 227.2 million yen in damages for swindling them of money in the name of ascetic practice fees.

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