We are children of Shoko Asahara, the founder of former Aum Shinrikyo.
We have 6 siblings, and we were children from 1 year old to 16 years old when our blind father was arrested as a key plotter of 13 incidents including the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system.
It was only for a short period of time after his arrest that our father was able to use restrooms as a normal person, eat meals, and have conversation with his attorneys. Our father's first trial was held on April 24, 1996. His condition changed around fall of the same year, and soon after that, he started to be brought to a courtroom wearing a diaper.
Our father was not mentally able to face trial on his own will, so only his physical body was placed in the defendant's seat in the courtroom. The death sentence was then received on February 27, 2004.
Our father received the death sentence without knowingly standing trial.
When the trial went into the second court, we pleaded for him to receive medical treatment to the Tokyo Detention House where our father is imprisoned as well as to the Court with us and father's attorneys. However, the fact that he is ill might have been a very inconvenient fact, and the Tokyo Detention House and the Court refused his treatment, claiming that he is healthy.
Our father never stood trial in the second court or spoke a word, and the death sentence was decided on September 15, 2006.
Now, our father is not allowed to meet anyone, and lies neglected in the condition of discharging feces and urine. We hope he will be treated and return to the state of a human being one day. We would like to talk with our father, and ask if he really led the sarin gas attack on the subway system.
We would like to write about the history of our father's trial. It is a long story, but please kindly stay with us.
