AP 12/23 12:56 EST V0114
   BREDA, Netherlands (AP) -- Five cadets at the Royal Military Academy
were suspended for taking part in an alleged "sex orgy" in front of
other cadets on campus.
   A Defense Ministry spokesman said Thursday the five men were
suspended indefinitely after other students accused them of grossly
indecent conduct.
   There is no ban on gays in the Dutch military, and the Dutch have
generally derided the U.S. controversy over the issue.
   The five are alleged to have engaged in a variety of "physical acts"
in front of other male and female cadets, said the spokesman, Paul
Hartman.
   Hartman refused to comment on a report by De Telegraaf, the nation's
largest daily, which described the incident last week as a "sex orgy."
But he said the five are accused of "severely crossing the line of good
behavior."
   "We have no rules here against homosexuality among consenting
students in the privacy of their rooms," Hartman said. "But there are
rules of good behavior that apply here, or in a high school or anywhere
in Dutch society."
   The five face dismissal from the academy and possible criminal
charges of violating public decency laws if the charges are
substantiated, Hartman said.
   The Pentagon outlined its "don't ask, don't tell" policy allowing
gays in the military Wednesday.
   The new regulations, which allow homosexuals and lesbians to serve
as long as they don't engage in homosexual conduct, has met with strong
opposition from some U.S. military leaders and politicians.
   The Dutch military opened its doors to gays in the 1970s in line
with Dutch society's tolerant view toward different sexual
orientations.