遺骨引き取り、次女に確定　オウム松本元死刑囚―最高裁

　２０１８年に死刑が執行されたオウム真理教の元代表松本智津夫（麻原彰晃）元死刑囚＝執行時（６３）＝の遺骨と遺髪の引き取りをめぐる家事審判の特別抗告審で、最高裁第３小法廷（戸倉三郎裁判長）は５日までに、四女側と妻、次男側の特別抗告をそれぞれ棄却する決定をした。２日付。引き取り先を次女とした東京家裁、東京高裁の判断が確定した。
　遺骨と遺髪は現在、東京拘置所に保管されているが、次女側に引き渡される見通しとなった。教団後継団体は依然、元死刑囚を崇拝しているとみられ、公安当局は遺骨が信仰対象になる可能性があるとみて警戒を続けている。（2021/07/05-23:56）

Japan's Supreme Court has upheld lower courts' rulings that the second daughter of Chizuo Matsumoto, the founder and former leader of the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, is the rightful keeper of his remains and hair.
   On Friday, the top court's Third Petty Bench rejected special appeals filed respectively by the fourth daughter and the pair of Matsumoto's wife and his second son, finalizing the rulings of Tokyo Family Court and Tokyo High Court.
   The remains and hair of Matsumoto, who went by the name of Shoko Asahara and was executed in 2018 when he was 63, are currently stored at the Tokyo Detention House.
   Public safety authorities stay vigilant against successor groups of the cult, which may worship the remains.
   Just before the execution, Matsumoto expressed hope that his fourth daughter, who distances herself from Aum activities, would keep his remains, informed sources said.