The daughter of a cult leader known for the Sarin gas terror attack on the Tokyo subway has recently..

사진 확대 Rika Matsumoto, daughter of Shoko Asahara, the main culprit of the Sarin gas terror attacks in Tokyo, is interviewing local media after being denied entry to Korea. [Picture = ASAHI TV]

The daughter of a cult leader known for the Sarin gas terror attack on the Tokyo subway has recently been restrained from entering South Korea.

According to Japan’s ANN News and other local media, Rika Matsumoto, the third daughter of Shoko Asahara (real name Chizuo Matsumoto), the leader of Aum Jinrikyo, was scheduled to fly to Korea on the 27th to attend the festival, but was not granted permission to leave the country.

The specific reason for the refusal to leave the country has not been confirmed, but it is known that an on-site employee contacted the Korean embassy and was notified of the answer, “It is impossible to enter the country.”

Earlier in 2017, Rika attempted to enter South Korea, but it was canceled for the same reason.

Rika appeared in the documentary film I’m His Daughter, which sheds light on the lives of the perpetrators’ families, and was scheduled to visit Korea to attend the EBS Documentary Film Festival, where the film will be screened.

Regarding the situation at the time, Rika said, “No matter where I contact, I only get the answer that I’m not in charge,” adding, “We need to investigate how my name is treated nationally.”

Rika’s father, Shoko Asahara, was the main culprit for spraying sarin gas on the Tokyo subway in 1995. At that time, 14 people were killed and more than 6,300 injured when they sprayed nerve gas, 500 times toxic as cyanide, into 18 Tokyo subway stations and five subway carriages.

Asahara was executed in 2018, and 13 people, including an Aum Jinrikyo executive and a sarin gas manufacturer, were also sentenced to death.

Rika published her autobiography “The Stopped Clock” in 2015 and revealed her face, name, and daughter of Shoko Asahara. Since then, it has been informing about the stinging gaze, discrimination, and exclusion of the “murderer’s family.”

In an interview with the media in June, Rika said, “High schools refused to accept except for one school. “I passed the university entrance, but I was rejected, so I was able to enter through a lawsuit,” he said. “Even if I got a job, I was fired if it turned out that I was Asahara’s daughter.”

“How long should the perpetrator’s family be responsible. Please don’t ask the next generation of children, he said. “It’s the same for the perpetrator’s family that didn’t want the incident to happen.”