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Lawyers Seek Criminal Probe in Death of Ailing US Detainee, 34

Posted Aug 13, 2008, 05:02 pm CDT
By Martha Neil

Attorneys representing a 34-year-old Hong Kong man being held by U.S. authorities in an immigration case are seeking a criminal investigation of his death last week, apparently as a result of an untreated medical condition.

Although Hiu Lui Ng began complaining of excruciating back pain in April, authorities did not seek appropriate medical treatment for him until a judge insisted July 31 that they do so, according to the New York Times.

"In federal court affidavits, Mr. Ng’s lawyers contend that when he complained of severe pain that did not respond to analgesics, and grew too weak to walk or even stand to call his family from a detention pay phone, officials accused him of faking… Continue reading...

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