National broadcaster NHK also reported that Hirata phoned a special police hotline to ask how he might surrender but the call was again not taken seriously.
Hirata has been wanted for his alleged involvement in the abduction in 1995 of an official of a Tokyo public notary looking into the cult's activities. Kiyoshi Kariya was taken to the cult's compound in the foothills of Mount Fuji where he was given a home-made truth serum. After apparently dying of an overdose, Kariya's body was incinerated in the cult's compound.
Taro Takimoto, a lawyer who met with Hirata on Monday, said Hirata has admitted being the driver of the car used in the abduction. He added that Hirata denied any involvement in the attempt to assassinate Takaji Kunimatsu, the head of the National Police Agency, as the police investigated the sarin gas attacks.
Hirata ? who had been an accomplished shooter before he joined Aum Shinrikyo ? has also pointed out to police that the statute of limitations in that case has already expired.
Hirata told Takimoto, who himself survived an attack by Aum members for his efforts to win the release of those who wanted to leave the cult, that he wanted closure after so many years on the run.
He was carrying a backpack with tens of thousands of yen but has refused to reveal to authorities who sheltered or assisted him during his time on the run.
He is also refusing to comment on two other fugitives wanted in connection with the cult's reign of terror. New photos of Naoko Kikuchi, who would be 40 today, and Katsuya Takahashi, 53, are being displayed in train stations and both are wanted in connection with the sarin gas attacks.
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