Trial of cult leader Fukunaga begins

Trial of cult leader Fukunaga begins

TOKYO, Japan - People form a long queue around the Tokyo District Court on Oct. 12 hours before the start of the first hearing in the trial for fraud of Hogen Fukunaga, founder of the Ho-no-Hana Sampogyo religious group, and nine of its senior members. Police believe Ho-no-Hana, based in Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, has defrauded at least 30,000 people out of 95 billion yen.

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