U.S. News – Army reveals ‘sensitive’ material to family of dead Chinese-American soldierhttp://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/05/9900635-army-reveals-sensitive-material-to-family-of-dead-chinese-american-soldierThe family of a Chinese-American soldier believed to have committed suicide in Afghanistan after allegedly being hazed by his fellow soldiers has received “very sensitive” new information on the investigation from the Army, according to a family friend.
Army officials briefed the parents of Danny Chen for several hours on Wednesday at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn about the death of their 19-year-old son, said Frank Gee, an Army veteran and vice commander of the American Legion’s New York branch who also attended.
“Basically they informed the family of what … happened,” said Gee, 72, who was called into the case to help translate for the Chen family. “… There is something new, but we are not authorized to divulge anything. It’s very sensitive material because the prosecution is going on, the case is going on, and they don’t want to jeopardize it.”
Chen was found dead at a guard post on Oct. 3 at the remote Combat Outpost Palace in the Panjwa’i district of Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan. The Army announced in late December that it had charged eight of his fellow soldiers in his death.
