21.   Hyogo police have questioned festival organizers, guards and police officers on suspicion of professional negligence, according to Japanese news reports.

22.   If convicted of causing death by professional negligence, Matsumura could face up to five years in prison.

23.   If convicted on the charges of causing death by professional negligence, Abe could face up to five years in prison.

24.   Local media said Matsumura was the first bureaucrat in Japan ever to be arrested on charges of professional negligence.

25.   McGown has been accused of professional negligence in carrying out epidural anaesthetics by injecting morphine into the spines of the victims.

26.   On Wednesday, Tokyo prosecutors formally charged Abe with professional negligence for giving unheated blood to a hemophiliac patient who later died of AIDS.

27.   Six months later, Tokyo prosecutors arrested him on charges of professional negligence resulting in the death.

28.   The father of the girl previously filed a criminal complaint with prosecutors against Sakai city officials, accusing them of professional negligence.

29.   Three former presidents of a company accused of knowingly selling blood products that might have been infected with the virus that causes AIDS pleaded guilty to professional negligence Monday.

30.   He has been charged with professional negligence resulting in death.