5th year college student Daniel Chong, of San Diego, is suing the DEA, or Drug Enforcement Administration, for accidentally leaving him in holding cell for 5 days. The 23 year old was brought in by DEA agents while he and his friends were at a house suspected of being used to distribute ecstasy. There were never any actual charges against Chong, and while the other 8 suspects were released or transferred, Chong was forgotten. He was left in a small, windowless cell without food or water for from April 21 to April 25. Chong started hallucinating by the end of the third day, and has said that he wanted to kill himself from the pain. When he was finally released from the cell, he stayed at the hospital for two days, having been close to death from kidney failure. The acting special agent in charge of the DEA's San Diego office said he
was "deeply troubled" by the incident and he offered his "deepest
apologies" to Chong. Chong has now filed a damage claim, the beginning of a civil suit case.
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