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10-01-2008, 06:58 PM #1
RI- ACLU to represent family of immigrant
ACLU to represent family of immigrant
01:00 AM EDT on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
By Karen Lee Ziner
Journal Staff Writer
PROVIDENCE — The state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is providing legal representation to the family of Hiu Lui Ng, the 34-year-old Chinese national who died last month while in immigration custody at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls.
Ng, a computer engineer from New York, died from complications of cancer, according to the Office of State Medical Examiners. Ng’s lawyers said he also had a fractured spine, and was denied medical care both at the Wyatt facility and a Vermont jail where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement contracts for bed space.
John J. McConnell Jr., a cooperating attorney with the Rhode Island Affiliate, American Civil Liberties Union, is “gathering information about Ng’s death and investigating any potential legal claims,â€Support our FIGHT AGAINST illegal immigration & Amnesty by joining our E-mail Alerts at http://eepurl.com/cktGTn
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