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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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Headquarters of Ho-no-Hana religious group

FUJI, Japan - File photo shows the headquarters of the Ho-no-Hana Sampogyo religious group, located in Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture. A district court ordered the group and its founder Hogen Fukunaga April 28 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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Headquarters of Ho-no-Hana religious group

FUJI, Japan - File photo shows the headquarters of the Ho-no-Hana Sampogyo religious group, located in Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture. A district court ordered the group and its founder Hogen Fukunaga April 28 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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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.