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Prosecutors demand death for AUM's Niimi.

Publication: Japan Weekly Monitor
Publication Date: 31-DEC-01
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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TOKYO, Dec. 26 Kyodo

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Prosecutors demanded the death sentence Wednesday for senior AUM Shinrikyo member Tomomitsu Niimi for his involvement in a series of murders committed by the cult, including the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system.

Niimi, 37, the former AUM ''home affairs minister,'' is being charged in a total of 11 criminal cases,...

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