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Institution : Chu Hai College of Higher Education

Department : English

Class : Media English

Lecturer : Ms Orr

Student name : Francis Chu Chi Fung

Student number : 201212234H

Assignment : Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles

By Tony Perry

1. 5 W and 1 HWhen: This bizarre incident began on the afternoon of April 20, 2012, which lasted

for five days

Where: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) interrogation room

Who: Daniel Chong, then an engineering student at UC San Diego

What: Daniel Chong was mistakenly left in a Drug Enforcement Administration

interrogation room for 5 days without food or water

Why: This unfortunate incident happened due to the carelessness of the DEA officers

How: Chong and eight suspects were taken into custody for interrogation as they

were suspected for abusing ecstasy pills and hallucinogenic mushrooms and

possessing weapons and ammunition. However, for reasons that remain unclear, onlyChong was left in the interrogation room for 5 days.

2. Vocab and phrase1. Maltreatment Maltreatment Maltreatment Maltreatment Maltreatment2. Psychotherapy Psychotherapy Psychotherapy Psychotherapy Psychotherapy3. Diagnosed Diagnosed Diagnosed Diagnosed Diagnosed4. Post-traumatic Post-traumatic Post-traumatic Post-traumatic Post-traumatic5. Bizarre Bizarre Bizarre Bizarre Bizarre6. Marijuana Marijuana Marijuana Marijuana Marijuana7. Raid Raid Raid Raid Raid8. Ecstasy Ecstasy Ecstasy Ecstasy Ecstasy9. Hallucinogenic mushrooms Hallucinogenic mushrooms Hallucinogenic

mushrooms Hallucinogenic mushrooms Hallucinogenic mushrooms

10.Ammunition Ammunition Ammunition Ammunition Ammunition11.Surveillance Surveillance Surveillance Surveillance Surveillance12.Custody Custody Custody Custody Custody13.Slip out of Slip out of Slip out of Slip out of Slip out of

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14.Sprinkler Sprinkler Sprinkler Sprinkler Sprinkler15.Scrawl Scrawl Scrawl Scrawl Scrawl16.Feces Feces Feces Feces Feces17.Interrogation Interrogation Interrogation Interrogation Interrogation18.Hallway Hallway Hallway Hallway Hallway19.Dehydrated Dehydrated Dehydrated Dehydrated Dehydrated20.Severely Severely Severely Severely Severely

3. What have you learnt from this article?From this article, Ive learnt the importance of staying away from troubles as far

as possible. Though Chong obviously did not commit the crimes that the DEA had

suspected him for, he did put himself into that situation by leaving the campus

and smoke marijuana with his friends. Despite the fact that smoking marijuana is

legal in some countries, the fact that he and his friends had to leave the campus

to smoke marijuana shows that at least as a college student, it is not right to

smoke marijuana. Had he not followed his friends, he would not have been

involved in a DEA raid. So although this is an unfortunate and rather rare incident

(or accident, I should say), it could have been avoided, totally. Sadly, this was NOT

the case for Chong.