Provided by cnnnext.com
8/2/13
"A University of California San Diego student left unmonitored in a holding cell for five days by the Drug Enforcement Administration has settled a lawsuit for $4.1 million, his attorney said.
"This was a mistake of unbelievable and unimaginable proportions," attorney Julia Yoo said on Tuesday.
Daniel Chong, 25, drank his own urine to survive and even wrote a farewell note to his mother before authorities discovered him severely dehydrated after a 2012 drug raid in San Diego."*
UCSD student Daniel Chong was detained by the DEA and was left in his cell, forgotten and without food or water for days even though it was clear he was not part of situation being investigated.
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