Aum bankruptcy procedures to end; victims get only 40% of compensation

Thursday 27th November, 05:41 AM JST

TOKYO —

Bankruptcy procedures for Aum Shinrikyo have effectively ended but victims of the 1995 sarin gas attacks on Tokyo’s subway system and other crimes by the cult members have received only 40% of the compensation they should have been paid, the receiver said Wednesday. The victims will also receive up to 30 million yen each from the central government depending on their degree of suffering under a relief law set to take effect Dec 18. The number of such victims is expected to total about 6,600.

At a meeting of victims and other creditors Wednesday, the receiver and lawyer Saburo Abe told them that the victims have received 1.54 billion yen, or 40% of what should have been paid, which includes donations. According to Abe, Aum, which renamed itself Aleph in 2000, has a total of 5.16 billion yen in debts, of which 3.81 billion yen is compensation to the victims. Meanwhile, Shizue Takahashi, representative of the Tokyo sarin attack victims, said, ‘‘I hope this will not make Aum members think their responsibilities have been fulfilled.’‘

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zhazam05 at 11:01 AM JST - 27th November

My wife and i were in tokyo on the day of the attack, but asluck would have it we took a sidetrip to chiba . I,for one would like to know WHY!?Why is this animal (Asahara)still around and breathing the clean air of Japan??GIVE HIM THE GAS!!!NOW!!
ESJ8341 at 01:15 PM JST - 27th November

Anybody out there familiar with Nihon civil procedure? How long do murder cases usually take to prosecute?
zhazam05 at 02:13 PM JST - 27th November

**Ican say some murderers intheu.s. appealupto 20 years
BBLeo at 07:07 PM JST - 27th November

After so long this animal that is in love with gas is still alive. Wasn't he sentenced to hang? The sooner he get of this earth the better for victims.