A daughter of AUM Shinrikyo guru Shoko Asahara has been refused admission to a university even after she passed entrance examinations, sources have revealed.
The third daughter of Asahara passed entrance examinations for Wako University in the western suburb of Tokyo but officials of the school recently refused her enrollment.
"We are not certain we could protect her from the eyes of curious people if she was admitted," Wako University President Osamu Mihashi said on Tuesday.
"We suspect that if she is admitted, it would disturb the educational environment of our school even if she is not directly responsible."
The president said he knew some members of the public would be opposed to the decision to refuse her enrollment.
Government law enforcers who watch the cult said that the daughter, 20, had been unable to enter a university last year although she had been successful in paper examinations.
The Tokyo District Court in February sentenced Asahara, whose real name is Chizuo Matsumoto, to death on 13 charges that claimed the lives of more than 20 victims.