TOKYO, Feb. 15 (Kyodo) - The number of AUM Shinrikyo cult members totaled 1,019 on Feb. 1, a decrease of 32 since Nov. 1, according to a report submitted by AUM to the Public Security Investigation Agency on Thursday.
It is the fifth such report submitted to the agency by the cult, which now calls itself Aleph.
There are 10 AUM facilities nationwide, the same as in the previous survey conducted in November, according to the report.
AUM founder Shoko Asahara, whose real name is Chizuo Matsumoto, and many other cultists have been tried on a number of charges, including the March 1995 sarin attack on the Tokyo subway which killed 12 people and injured thousands.
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