The case of the 17-year-old boy arrested in the fatal May 3-4 bus hijacking will be moved to the Saga Family Court, the Hiroshima Family Court said Tuesday, dismissing opposition from his lawyers and parents.

The Hiroshima court, where the local prosecutors sent the boy's case on Monday after wrapping up their investigation, said the Saga court is in a better position to handle the case because most of his relatives and acquaintances live in Saga.

The boy, who is from Saga, was arrested by Hiroshima police at an expressway parking area in Higashi-Hiroshima on May 4. The bus had been driven eastward for more than 300 km on the expressway during the 15-hour hijacking ordeal.

Normally, under the Juvenile Law the family court nearest the home of a suspect who is a minor is designated to handle the case.