Asahara's 11-year-old second son passed an entrance exam for Kasukabe Kyoei Junior High School in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, in January and has paid admission fees, the lawyers said.

But the boy was denied entry in February after the school discovered that his father is Asahara, 51, who has been sentenced to death for his role in 13 crimes involving the cult, the lawyers said.

In a similar move, Wako University in Machida, Tokyo, refused to enroll Asahara's 22-year-old third daughter in March 2004.

She filed a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court, which last month ordered the university to pay her ¥300,000 in damages.

The Japan Times Weekly: March 11, 2006
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