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Tokyo court rejects AUM request to void surveillance decision.

Publication: Japan Weekly Monitor
Publication Date: 18-JUN-01
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
TOKYO, June 13 Kyodo

The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday rejected a request by the AUM Shinrikyo cult to void a decision by the Public Security Examination Commission to place the sect under surveillance by security authorities.

The ruling marks the first legal decision involving a December 1999 law that allows the Justice Ministry's Public Security Investigation Agency to monitor any organization that has committed...

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