Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
News Summaries: group

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries: February 01-15, 2002

Life Space

Life Space Guru Gets 15-year Sentence in Mummy Case / Japan

The Chiba District Court has found Koji Takahashi, 63, leader of the Life Space "self-enlightenment" group, guilty of killing Shinichi Kobayashi, 66. Takahashi was sentenced to 15 years in prison for murdering Kobayashi, whose mummified body was found at a hotel in Chiba Prefecture in 1999.

According to the ruling, Takahashi ordered Kobayashi's son Kenji, 33, and other followers to take Kobayashi from a hospital in Hyogo Prefecture where he had been treated for a stroke, and move him to a hotel in Narita, where the group performed hand-tapping. The court found that Takahashi failed to allow Kobayashi to receive medical treatment. As a result, Kobayashi suffocated and died three days later.

Even after the arrest and indictment of Takahashi and the others, about 100 of his supporters continue to publicize his beliefs on Web sites and in books, and many of them still reportedly regard him as a guru. While Kenji Kobayashi has vowed to quit Life Space after receiving the suspended sentence, the victim's eldest daughter continues to work with the group, according to people close to the cult. (Kyodo, Japan Times, 2/602, Internet)

News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
News Summaries: group

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries: February 01-15, 2002

Life Space

Life Space Guru Gets 15-year Sentence in Mummy Case / Japan

The Chiba District Court has found Koji Takahashi, 63, leader of the Life Space "self-enlightenment" group, guilty of killing Shinichi Kobayashi, 66. Takahashi was sentenced to 15 years in prison for murdering Kobayashi, whose mummified body was found at a hotel in Chiba Prefecture in 1999.

According to the ruling, Takahashi ordered Kobayashi's son Kenji, 33, and other followers to take Kobayashi from a hospital in Hyogo Prefecture where he had been treated for a stroke, and move him to a hotel in Narita, where the group performed hand-tapping. The court found that Takahashi failed to allow Kobayashi to receive medical treatment. As a result, Kobayashi suffocated and died three days later.

Even after the arrest and indictment of Takahashi and the others, about 100 of his supporters continue to publicize his beliefs on Web sites and in books, and many of them still reportedly regard him as a guru. While Kenji Kobayashi has vowed to quit Life Space after receiving the suspended sentence, the victim's eldest daughter continues to work with the group, according to people close to the cult. (Kyodo, Japan Times, 2/602, Internet)

News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
News Summaries: group

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries: February 01-15, 2002

Life Space

Life Space Guru Gets 15-year Sentence in Mummy Case / Japan

The Chiba District Court has found Koji Takahashi, 63, leader of the Life Space "self-enlightenment" group, guilty of killing Shinichi Kobayashi, 66. Takahashi was sentenced to 15 years in prison for murdering Kobayashi, whose mummified body was found at a hotel in Chiba Prefecture in 1999.

According to the ruling, Takahashi ordered Kobayashi's son Kenji, 33, and other followers to take Kobayashi from a hospital in Hyogo Prefecture where he had been treated for a stroke, and move him to a hotel in Narita, where the group performed hand-tapping. The court found that Takahashi failed to allow Kobayashi to receive medical treatment. As a result, Kobayashi suffocated and died three days later.

Even after the arrest and indictment of Takahashi and the others, about 100 of his supporters continue to publicize his beliefs on Web sites and in books, and many of them still reportedly regard him as a guru. While Kenji Kobayashi has vowed to quit Life Space after receiving the suspended sentence, the victim's eldest daughter continues to work with the group, according to people close to the cult. (Kyodo, Japan Times, 2/602, Internet)

News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
News Summaries: group

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries: February 01-15, 2002

Life Space

Life Space Guru Gets 15-year Sentence in Mummy Case / Japan

The Chiba District Court has found Koji Takahashi, 63, leader of the Life Space "self-enlightenment" group, guilty of killing Shinichi Kobayashi, 66. Takahashi was sentenced to 15 years in prison for murdering Kobayashi, whose mummified body was found at a hotel in Chiba Prefecture in 1999.

According to the ruling, Takahashi ordered Kobayashi's son Kenji, 33, and other followers to take Kobayashi from a hospital in Hyogo Prefecture where he had been treated for a stroke, and move him to a hotel in Narita, where the group performed hand-tapping. The court found that Takahashi failed to allow Kobayashi to receive medical treatment. As a result, Kobayashi suffocated and died three days later.

Even after the arrest and indictment of Takahashi and the others, about 100 of his supporters continue to publicize his beliefs on Web sites and in books, and many of them still reportedly regard him as a guru. While Kenji Kobayashi has vowed to quit Life Space after receiving the suspended sentence, the victim's eldest daughter continues to work with the group, according to people close to the cult. (Kyodo, Japan Times, 2/602, Internet)

News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
News Summaries: group

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries: February 01-15, 2002

Life Space

Life Space Guru Gets 15-year Sentence in Mummy Case / Japan

The Chiba District Court has found Koji Takahashi, 63, leader of the Life Space "self-enlightenment" group, guilty of killing Shinichi Kobayashi, 66. Takahashi was sentenced to 15 years in prison for murdering Kobayashi, whose mummified body was found at a hotel in Chiba Prefecture in 1999.

According to the ruling, Takahashi ordered Kobayashi's son Kenji, 33, and other followers to take Kobayashi from a hospital in Hyogo Prefecture where he had been treated for a stroke, and move him to a hotel in Narita, where the group performed hand-tapping. The court found that Takahashi failed to allow Kobayashi to receive medical treatment. As a result, Kobayashi suffocated and died three days later.

Even after the arrest and indictment of Takahashi and the others, about 100 of his supporters continue to publicize his beliefs on Web sites and in books, and many of them still reportedly regard him as a guru. While Kenji Kobayashi has vowed to quit Life Space after receiving the suspended sentence, the victim's eldest daughter continues to work with the group, according to people close to the cult. (Kyodo, Japan Times, 2/602, Internet)

News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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