European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                J Page 10 the stars and stripes world wednesday May 4,1994 mom says m Singapore apr the Mother of an american teen Ager sentenced to. Be flogged said tuesday that her son was in Good spirits but needed sedatives to sleep while awaiting a decision on his mercy plea Randy Chan said her son Michael p. Fay was being Wel treated in prison where he is serving a four month term for Spray painting cars and other acts of vandalism under Singapore a strict  basically he a just wailing and that a very stressful a she said. A. \ .7 a a a a a a a a \-7 7 a a tse forc his imprisonment Fay had taken the sedative valium and other More powerful drugs to control attention deficit disorder a condition that causes compulsive and disruptive behaviour. On saturday the prisons department said it was weaning Fay off the other drugs with a decreasing daily dose of valium. Chan said she hoped her son would continue to get a sedative but she expressed concern saturday that he might become addicted if Given Large continuous doses. A a it a very very difficult for him to sleep right now waiting for us to find about the clemency a she said tuesday. Fay an 18-year-old High school senior submitted the clemency plea to president Ong Teng Chyong on april 20. There has been no word from the government but several senior officials have said it was unlikely Fay would be spared the caning. Chan spoke after emerging from Queenstown prison where she and her businessman husband Marco Chan met with Michael for about 30 minutes. A a Michael a in Good spirits a Randy Chan said. A a in be told him he a got a lot of support put Here. He just told me again to hang in there. He a anxious to hear about the clemency. He does no to understand Why we Haven to heard  a a / �7 7 a 7 a 7-., a. A Chan and Michael a father George Fay were divorced nine years ago. George Fay now lives in Kettering Ohio. The chans have lived in Singapore since 1992. 1 .7 t v. The parents Are allowed to visit Fay every two weeks. . Embassy officials who last saw him saturday Are likewise permitted visits about every 14 Days. The Case has drawn International attention and raised questions about whether Fay a punishment fits his crime and if America s More Liberal Legal system contributes to its High crime rate. Chain reaction Greenpeace activists wearing Skeleton masks sit in environmentalists chained themselves to a railing at front of a Container of nuclear waste at the train station the station to protest transportation of the nuclear main Mutt no Switzerland near Basel on monday. The trial to a processing Plant in England. Quot a. A v a a a Quot iranian request to kill 3 Diss London apr iranian intelligence asked the Irish Republican army to kill three dissidents in Exchange for arms and Cash but the Ira rejected the Deal the Independent reported tuesday. The London paper quoted informed sources in Iran As saying officials of the information ministry Iran a intelligence Agency put the plan to Ira representatives in Tehran in november. It did not name the sources but said they had Contact with the ministry. It quoted them As saying the iranians wanted the Ira to kill former president Abolhasan Bani Sadr exiled in France since is i Javad dab Iran a spokesman for the opposition Peoples Mujaheddin organization based in Bonn and actress Farzaneh Taidi exiled in London. It said Taidi angered the regime for her part in the 1991 film not without my daughter about the american born wife of an iranian stranded in Iran after the 1979 islamic revolution. It quoted the sources As saying that in Exchange the iranians offered to meet an Ira a shopping list a it said the list included communications and eavesdropping equipment explosives eight stinger missiles 400 Colt pistols with 80,000 rounds of ammunition 100 Uzi sub machine guns with 50,000 sounds of ammunition counterfeit . Currency with a face value $6 million and $500,000 in real currency. It said the Ira replied in february rejecting the Deal. It did not say on what grounds the Ira rejected it. On thursday Douglas Hogg British foreign office minister of state summoned iranian charge do affaires Gholamreza Ansari to demand an end to alleged contacts Between Iraq and the Ira. A foreign office spokesman speaking on condition of anonymity said thursday a we Are convinced that there have been contacts Between iranian intelligence and the  Ansari denied that Iran helped the Ira in its Campaign of violence against British Rule in Northern Ireland. Iran a state run islamic Republic news Agency said Britain had picked Iran As a Scapegoat for its own failure to achieve peace in Northern Ireland at least 31 killed in crash of overcrowded from wire reports Warsaw Poland a police tried tuesday to identify the people killed when an overcrowded bus apparently blew a tire and smashed into a tree near the Baltic port of Gdansk the death toll Rose to 31. Twenty five people were dead at the scene after the intercity bus carrying 80 people crashed in the Gdansk District of Kokoszki on monday evening. Six others died later in hospitals said sgt. Waldemar. Rozek of Gdansk traffic police. Forty five injured victims remained hospitalized with broken Bones concussions and other injuries and 16 of the injured were in very serious condition he said. 7 a a. A a. A. Families of the passengers were turning up at hospitals and people volunteered to donate blood., but the Pap news Agency reported that Many of the dead carried no documents complicating efforts to identify them and notify  said a preliminary investigation indicated the Driver lost control when the right front tire exploded. The bus was virtually demolished and some passengers were thrown from the vehicle. 4 right wingers arrested Bonn Germany a four Young right Wing extra mists h ave been arrested of r firebombing a synagogue authorities said monday. The attack was the first time a jewish House of worship had been set on fire since the nazi Era. The March 25 attack in the Northern port City of Linbeck charred two front rooms of the synagogue where the City a Small jewish Community was planning to hold its first passover seder since the holocaust. Five tenants in apartments above the synagogue were sleeping at the time of the attack but a neighbor who heartbreaking Glass alerted them and firefighters. No one was injured. The four suspects plotted the firebombing a out of hate against foreigners and against jews a and Are being held on suspicion of attempted murder the Federal prosecutors office in Karlsruhe said in a statement monday. Russian Border guard slain Moscow a a russian Border guard was killed apparently by a sniper along the tense Frontier Between Afghanistan and the former soviet Republic of Tajikistan the military said tuesday. / the Soldier died monday As he was being a transported by helicopter to a Hospital. He was the latest of scores of russian Border guards who have been killed since 1992 in clashes with islamic militants seeking to enter Tajikistan from Afghanistan Many of the militants Are tajiks who fled their. Country during a civil War in 1992-93 that brought a pro com must government to Power Russia has taken prime responsibility for guarding the former soviet Border. Australia bans author again Canberra Australia a the australian government has reaffirmed its ban on a lecture tour by controversial British author David Irving. Irving has enraged jews around the world with his claims that the nazi genocide of jews during world War ii has been largely exaggerated. The immigration minister Nick Bolkus told the Senate on tuesday that Irving a application for a six week visa had again been rejected this time on the grounds that he did not meet the criteria of Quot Good. Character in the Public  government had rejected Irving a application in february last year saying he was Likely to become involved in activities disruptive to the australian Community or a group within the australian Community. A Egypt hangs 5 extremists Cairo Egypt a five Muslim extremists were hanged monday for trying to assassinate Egypt a prime minister with a bomb blast the five plus four who still have not been captured were convicted March 17. President Hosni Mubarak the Only recourse for Appeal from a military court reaffirmed the verdicts and executions april 3. Five other men were sentenced to prison and one was acquitted. Quot be bombing last november outside a suburban Cairo school was aimed at the passing motorcade of. Prime minister Atef Sedki. He escaped injury but a Lycar old girl was killed and 21 people injured