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...Hawaii's Self-Starter Hawaii's Hiram Leong Fong [MILESTONES, Aug. 30] had a long political career that began in 1938, when he served in the House of Representatives for the Territory of Hawaii. When Hawaii became the U.S.'s 50th state on Aug. 21, 1959, Fong won a Senate seat. TIME described his background in an Aug. 10, 1959, article...
...last year's sars outbreak, which killed 299 people in the territory. Yeoh stepped down after an official report criticized him for failing to contain the virus because of lax supervision and poor planning. His departure was followed by that of the head of Hong Kong's Hospital Authority, Leong Che-hung...
...next either Twohig or the court heard of him, Leong was in New York, at the Bellevue State Psychiatric Hospital. Court papers show no great rush to bring Leong back to prosecute him, but according to Twohig he eventually landed back in custody at Lindemann, and a date for a jury trial...
Following the decision not to prosecute, the only thing holding Leong at Lindemann was a set of civil commitment papers. According to Twohig, Leong formally signed himself in when he was sent to Lindemann for the second time, meaning that he could file a request to leave the center at any time with three days notice. During the three-day period, Lindemann could decide whether to file a civil action to commit Leong against his will...
Confidentiality rules forbid Lindemann from confirming whether Leong is still a patient there, but Twohig thinks it is unlikely. “He was probably let out a month or two later and disappeared into the woodwork...