AUM compiles student list

The AUM Shinrikyo cult has been keeping a list of thousands of top university students' e-mail addresses, police said Tuesday. A Metropolitan Police Department investigation found AUM had complied a list of tens of thousands of students attending leading universities in Japan. Law enforcers suspect the cult, which is now calling itself Aleph, intended to use the list to recruit new members. Investigators said AUM formed a group in the metropolitan area inviting students to "learn about networks through home-page design." They said it is likely the cult planned to increase the numbers of its followers through the Internet.