Man left in DEA cell for days says lights were turned off
Student Daniel Chong talked about his ordeal while in the custody of the Drug Enforcement Administration when he was forgotten and left without food and water for five days. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
SAN DIEGO » A San Diego college student who was locked and handcuffed in a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration cell for five days without food or water says he exchanged words with a man through his cell door just before a light was turned off.
Daniel Chong told reporters Thursday that he doesn’t remember what was said. But Chong does say he spent at least two days in darkness, at times banging on the cell door.
Nobody responded.
The U.S. Justice Department inspector general says four DEA employees saw or heard Chong during his April 2012 incarceration.
A summary of the investigation, released Tuesday, doesn’t indicate when the employees encountered Chong or what they heard or saw.
Chong and his attorneys are calling for the release of the full report.
