The Metropolitan Police Department turned over to prosecutors Wednesday their case against three men linked to the Pana Wave Laboratory group who are suspected of falsifying information on vehicle registration papers.
The cultlike Pana Wave made headlines during the Golden Week holidays spanning late April to early May when its members, dressed all in white, drove around in several central prefectures in a convoy of white vehicles. They occasionally squatted on sections of mountain roads, claiming they were trying to protect their leader, Yuko Chino, 69, from electromagnetic waves.
The group is an offshoot of the Chino Shoho movement, which was founded by Chino.