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Ex-AUM cult member Hirata taken to public prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, leaves Osaki Police Station in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2012, as police officers take him for further questioning by public prosecutors. Hirata turned himself in to police on Dec. 31 after being on the run for more than 16 years. He 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.

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Cult-slain victim's son speaks after high court hearing

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Kariya, son of Tokyo notary Kiyoshi Kariya who was abducted and killed by the AUM Shinrikyo cult in 1995, meets the press in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2014, after the first appeal court hearing on former senior AUM member Makoto Hirata's alleged involvement in this and other criminal cases. The Tokyo High Court is set to hand down a ruling on March 4, 2015.

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Minoru Kariya

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Kariya, the son of the late Kiyoshi Kariya, one of the victims of the crimes committed by the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult, answers reporters' questions in front of the Tokyo District Court on March 7, 2014, after the court sentenced a former senior AUM member to nine years in prison for his involvement in three AUM-related cases, including the abduction and confinement of Kiyoshi Kariya, a Tokyo notary clerk, in February 1995.

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AUM trial

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Kariya, the son of one of the victims killed by members of AUM Shinrikyo, enters the Tokyo District Court on Jan. 21, 2014, to attend the trial of Makoto Hirata, a former senior member of the doomsday cult. Hirata is charged with involvement in the abduction and confinement of Kiyoshi Kariya, then 68, in February 1995 in conspiracy with AUM founder Shoko Asahara. Kariya later died after being injected with an anesthetic drug by AUM members.

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AUM's Nakagawa apologizes to son of murder victim

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Kariya, whose father died after being abducted by the AUM Shinrikyo cult in 1995, briefs reporters Sept. 13 on his meeting with former senior AUM member Tomomasa Nakagawa at the Tokyo Detention House. Nakagawa is appealing the death sentence for his role in 11 cases including that of Kariya's father Kiyoshi.

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AUM's Nakagawa apologizes to son of murder victim

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Kariya, whose father died after being abducted by the AUM Shinrikyo cult in 1995, briefs reporters Sept. 13 on his meeting with former senior AUM member Tomomasa Nakagawa at the Tokyo Detention House. Nakagawa is appealing the death sentence for his role in 11 cases including that of Kariya's father Kiyoshi. (Kyodo)

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Cult-slain victim's son speaks after high court hearing

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Kariya, son of Tokyo notary Kiyoshi Kariya who was abducted and killed by the AUM Shinrikyo cult in 1995, meets the press in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2014, after the first appeal court hearing on former senior AUM member Makoto Hirata's alleged involvement in this and other criminal cases. The Tokyo High Court is set to hand down a ruling on March 4, 2015. (Kyodo)

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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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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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Ex-AUM cult member Hirata taken to public prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, leaves Osaki Police Station in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2012, as police officers take him for further questioning by public prosecutors. Hirata turned himself in to police on Dec. 31 after being on the run for more than 16 years. He 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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Ex-AUM cult member Hirata taken to public prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, leaves Osaki Police Station in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2012, as police officers take him for further questioning by public prosecutors. Hirata turned himself in to police on Dec. 31 after being on the run for more than 16 years. He 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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Ex-AUM cult member held after 16 years on run

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Hirata (back C), 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)