European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Theofas 1942-1992 50 years of service vol. 51, no. 32 350 tuesday May 19,1992 d 8693 a8 killed in Bangkok riots against pro military chief Vietnam Burma Laos \ l>1 St a t o of pm Ltd 11 11 11 y Deuchl to Thailand a protester beats on a firetruck during a rally demanding that thai prime minister Suchinda Kra Prayoon resign. Bangkok Thailand a troops backed by armoured personnel carriers charged protesters monday and arrested their Leader and several Hundred others after tens of thousands of people demanded the ouster of the pro military prime minister. At least eight people died in the bloodiest clashes since 1976. About 250 people were injured after the government declared a state of emergency in the capital and four provinces just after Midnight sunday then sent riot police and soldiers to Clear the streets. The declaration came after a Day of violent protests against the prime minister. The prime minister Suchinda Kra Prayoon went on National television to say a the government had no Choice but to use Force because protesters were heading toward government buildings. The protesters want Suchinda a former army chief see riots on Page 2 i Bangkok 7 a Cambodia v to / Thailand 200mjiwp a a reports of fraud in Dod hushed paper reports Dallas apr some Pentagon inspectors responsible for exposing fraud and abuse in the military and in the defense Industry have helped stifle complaints made by whistle blowers a newspaper said. Several people said inspectors general took information Given to them in Confidence and revealed it to their military commanders the Dallas morning news reported sunday. The people also said the inspectors worked to discredit or Bury allegations the newspaper said. The newspaper interviewed More than 50 people and examined lawsuits reports and a draft report by Senate investigators. Inspectors investigators and other officials May be civilians or service members but they ultimately answer to a military Superior. The defense department s acting inspector general Derek Vander Schaaf acknowledged that the military a inspector general system has see fraud on Page 2 sex nazi Camp commandant gets life term for War crimes Stuttgart Germany apr Josef Schwamm Berger a former commandant of a nazi labor Camp was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison monday in what is Likely to be Germany a last major nazi War crimes trial. He was convicted on seven charges of murder and 32 counts of being an accessory to murder. Witnesses had told the court How Schwammberge now a hunched Over Man of 80, terrified them with vicious Energy a half Century ago. One described How Schwammberge shot and killed a rabbi who would not work on the jewish holy Day of yom kippur. Others added to the sadistic portrait telling of How Schwammberge set his German Shepherd Prinz on Camp inmates and How he killed a Man for stealing bread for his hungry child. Outside the court about a dozen protesters distributed right Wing literature. Several protesters wearing belts with nazi is insignia were among the courtroom spectators. Three shouted a Freedom for Schwammberge a at the end of the court session. Schwammberge who spent most of the postwar years in Argentina after escaping Allied custody originally was charged with murdering or helping murder 3,3/7 people including More than 40 by his own hand. But in the final Days of the 11-month trial prosecutors reduced the number of charges because of Lack of evidence to 34 jews killed by Schwammberge and at least 275 who died As a result of his orders. Most of the victims were jewish inmates of three labor Camps in world War ii run by the nazis in Poland a prize myst Roz Wadow and Mie lec. Schwammberge Schwammberge admitted having been an is lieutenant in command of the three Camps Between 1942 and 1944, but denied the charges. His defense attorney Dieter Koening had argued during the trial that the government had not proved its Case and that too Many witnesses were fuzzy in their recollections. Old age is taking its toll and few witnesses Are still see crimes on Page 2