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The Justice Department\u2019s Office of the Inspector General\u00a0 has just released part of its report<\/a>\u00a0<\/a>on the awful case of Daniel Chong. Here\u2019s some background<\/a> from the San Diego Union-Tribune:<\/p>\n

Chong was a 24-year-old engineering student when he was caught up in the drug sweep by a DEA task force two years ago.<\/p>\n

On the morning of April 21, 2012, Chong was detained with six other suspects and transported to the DEA field office, where agents determined that he was not involved in the ecstasy ring that was under investigation.<\/p>\n

A self-confessed pot smoker, Chong told investigators he had gone to the University City apartment that Friday night to celebrate April 20 \u2014 an important day for marijuana users \u2014 and spent the night.<\/p>\n

After being interviewed at the DEA field office Saturday, agents told Chong he would be released without charges and driven home soon.<\/p>\n

But agents forgot about him and Chong spent the next four and half days inside the five-by-10-foot cell without food, water or a toilet. He said his screams for help went unanswered.<\/p>\n

Chong was discovered near death on Wednesday afternoon. Agents called 911 and he was rushed to a hospital. Chong spent four days in the hospital for multiple conditions but has since recovered.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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