Police plan to question Chizuo Matsumoto, founder of the Aum Supreme Truth cult, regarding former Aum member Makoto Hirata's statement that he was unaware of plans to abduct a Tokyo notary public, it has been learned.
It is not clear whether Matsumoto, 56, also known as Shoko Asahara, will respond to questioning as no one has been able to understand him in over a decade.
Hirata, 46, was arrested Jan. 1 by the Metropolitan Police Department after turning himself in to the police on Dec. 31. He had been on the run for nearly 17 years. (Yomiuri)
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