Most Justly Earned Settlement: Daniel Chong In April 2012, Daniel Chong, then 23 years old, was put into custody when a DEA task force raided his friend's house. Put in a holding cell and told he wouldn't be charged, Chong was left alone for the next four days without food or water. Chong was reduced to drinking his own urine to survive, and at one point he was so sure he was going to die he attempted to leave a note of farewell to his mother by breaking his glasses and carving "Sorry Mum" into his arm. After his was finally found, Chong was hospitalised for five days. On July 25, 2013, Chong settled with the federal government for $4.1 million. According to Chong's attorney, the DEA said they intended to institute national standards that included cameras in cells, as well as daily checks on detained suspects.