J/E by Shibuya Kengo (not public version)


Notice No.3167
2000/03/21

To : All Priests and Believers
From : Nichiren Shoshu Shumuin Office

Re: The Clow Problem - The Tokyo Regional Court produced an unreasonable
verdict that ignores a lot of material evidence. We will therefore
immediately appeal to the Tokyo High Court.

Today we heard the judgement of Tokyo Region Court on the Clow Case and FBI
Case (the 12th part of the civil case). The judge  Mr. Shimoda that
dismissed our demands.

He said that it is not significant that Mr. Sprinkle was in military service
on the night (of the alleged incident) and ignored the fact that Mr.
Sprinkle has been receiving $4,000 per month from the office of the Soka
Gakkai's lawyer. The judge chose to believe the story of Mrs. Clow even
though parts of it were contradicted by Mr. Sprinkle's own testimony - for
example, that Mr. Sprinkle made four charge sheets that Mrs. Crow signed in
behalf of "Mr. Abe".

How unreasonable and incomprehensible judgement it is.

With regard to the FBI problem, we have the clear evidence of the U.S
Department of Justice (Office of Information and Privacy) and Soka Gakkai
Vice President Mr. Fukushima that the could not find any Federal evidence
relating to this alleged incident. This runs contrary to the Gakkai's
newspaper report. However the courts judgement rules that this false
reporting is not illegal because this case is contingent upon the outcome of
the Clow case.

We are going to appeal to the Tokyo High Court as soon as possible to
illuminate the truth of Clow Problem and the unlawful acts of Soka Gakkai.