Judge delays deportation of immigrant (WPRI-Providence, RI)

Judge delays deportation of immigrant
Judge delays deportation in RI detainee death case

Updated: Friday, 27 Feb 2009, 12:22 PM EST

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - An El Salvadoran man can stay in the country so lawyers can question him about the death of a Chinese immigrant who died in the custody of a Central Falls detention facility.

U.S. District Court Judge William Smith decided yesterday to delay the deportation of Roger Gracias Lozano until May 12 so he can testify.

Lozano was a cellmate of Hiu Lui “Jason” Ng (HYEW’ Lew Eng), who died of cancer in August, weeks after being taken to the privately run Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls. Ng was detained for allegedly overstaying his visa.

A federal lawsuit filed by Ng’s widow alleges that Ng was abused and denied medical care.