USA: Immigration Detainee Suffers Horrible Death in the “Care” of Prison Officials

Hiu Lui Ng was accused of faking his illness while being held pending the disposition of his immigration case. He wasn’t “faking”. He was dying, and his illness was obvious to his family and to his fellow detainees (who, at the end of his life had to carry him to the toilet). Because he was too weak to stand in line for medication, he couldn’t even get pain meds. (Turns out he had cancer of the liver and spine. His back deteriorated so much that it broke, but was untreated. Sounds painful, does it not?)

There is no excuse for the treatment he received while in custody. The people responsible for his neglect should be held accountable for their cruel actions.

Ill and in Pain, Detainee Dies in U.S. Hands

NINA BERNSTEIN (New York Times)

… In April, Mr. Ng began complaining of excruciating back pain. By mid-July, he could no longer walk or stand. And last Wednesday, two days after his 34th birthday, he died in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a Rhode Island hospital, his spine fractured and his body riddled with cancer that had gone undiagnosed and untreated for months….