Name Hiroyuki Jo | ||
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Similar Hideo Murai, Tadamasa Goto, Tomomitsu Niimi | ||
Hiroyuki Jo (徐 裕行, Jo Hiroyuki) is a Zainichi Korean member of Shinshushieikan (神洲士衛館), an uyoku organization, and the Mie Prefecture-based Hane-gumi branch of Yamaguchi-gumi, a yakuza organization. Jo assassinated Hideo Murai, a member of Aum Shinrikyo, on April 23, 1995.
Charges that Kenji Kamimine, a former leader of Hane-gumi, ordered Jo to kill Murai were dismissed by the Tokyo High Court.
Jo was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the murder.
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