21.   Former follower sentenced on eve of Asahara trial.

22.   However, former AUM followers have testified that the plant was producing gun parts, according to the sources.

23.   In its afternoon editions, the newspaper Yomiuri said some former followers told police that sect members who were believed close to death had disappeared from the compound.

24.   Jamasali said Misuari began talks with his former followers after President Joseph Estrada sought his help Saturday to solve the kidnappings.

25.   Members caught attempting to escape from the group are often kept in containers or in isolated cells for days or weeks, sometimes without food, former followers say.

26.   Several former followers have said cult members caught trying to escape the group are often confined for days or weeks, sometimes without food.

27.   Seselj is believed to have the support of many former Milosevic followers who now find Milosevic too mild.

28.   The controversy over Yantra began over a year ago, when a number of his female former followers charged he had engaged in sexual affairs while in the monkhood.

29.   The Khmer Rouge said the cause was a heart attack, though there was speculation he was murdered by former followers.

30.   The newspaper Yomiuri quoted former followers as saying one sect leader suffered burns and fell unconscious after being placed in hot water for seven minutes.