Man severely beaten after accidentally running over dog

Neng Yang

By JARREL WADE World Staff Writer
Published: 3/7/2011  2:27 AM
Last Modified: 3/7/2011  7:56 AM

A man received a brutal beating Tuesday that left him in the hospital with shattered bones after he accidentally ran over a dog in Vinita, his daughter said.

Neng Yang was driving to a family farm when he ran over a dog and was confronted by the owner.

The last thing he remembered was the owner yelling at him and hitting him in the head, said Yang's daughter Pashia Yang.

Yang is in the hospital and was only able to communicate well about the incident on Thursday, she said.

Yang told his daughter that he remembered blacking out then coming to covered in blood and with his hands behind his head.

The man who allegedly beat him then forced Yang to shake his hand, let him leave and told him not to do anything stupid, Yang's daughter said.

He suffered a dislocated jaw, a shattered nose, broken ribs and severe damage to a cheek, his daughter said.

Stephen Vang, public relations liaison for Hmong American Association of Oklahoma, said he thought the beating approached a hate crime because of the severity of the attack on Yang, who is Hmong.

Vang said although there weren't obvious signs indicative of a hate crime, if Yang wasn't Hmong, he wouldn't have been subjected to that much brutality.

Craig County Sheriff's Department Undersheriff B.J. Floyd confirmed officers were investigating but would not comment until the investigation was complete.

Floyd indicated that assault charges were possible but could not speculate until the investigation was handed over to the Craig County District Attorney's Office.

The Yang family and Vang are strongly seeking justice and are urging authorities to arrest the attacker as soon as possible.

Pashia Yang said "My family and I have high hopes that although this attacker is not in custody, the Craig County Sheriff's Department and (District Attorney's) office will seek justice for my father."

Officials familiar with the investigation urged that the case was being treated like any other case and will be processed as soon as possible.
 
Parents Allege Medical Malpractice Led to Baby's Amputations
SACRAMENTO —

A couple filed a lawsuit this week against a Sacramento hospital and a handful of employees after their daughter lost part of all four of her limbs due to a bacterial infection.

Malyia's parents brought her to Methodist Hospital in November when she had a persistent fever, skin discoloration and weakness. Ryan Jeffers and Leah Vang watched as their little girl became sicker and sicker as they waited for 5 hours in the emergency room. Jeffers allegedly begged doctors and nurses in the emergency room to treat his daughter. Eventually he forced his way into another office and demanded help.

By that point, the bacteria had ravaged more of Malyia's body and she had to be flown to Standford University's Children's Hospital in the Bay area.

Malyia had streptococcus A, and as a result of the widespread infection, both of her feet and her left hand were amputated, and part of her right hand was removed. She is now in intensive rehabilitation therapy, and there is no telling how much more therapy and care she will need in the future.

Which is why her parents are suing for an unknown amount at this time because the amount needed for Malyia's care is unknown. Jeffers and Vang filed a medical malpractice and negligence lawsuit in Sacramento Superior Court Monday. They name Catholic Healthcare West, Methodist Hospital and 5 emergency room employees in the lawsuit. According to the filing, the hospital "chose to negligently staff, operate and supervise the emergency room" resulting in Malyia's extensive surgeries.

Methodist Hospital released a statement in response to the lawsuit, saying, "At Methodist Hospital patient care and safety is our number one priority. We were sorry to hear about the eventual outcome for Malyia and our thoughts and prayers are with her and her family. We are unable to comment on matters of impending litigation."
 
Hmong celebration invigorates longtime traditions

Though many residents are counting the days until Christmas, one group has already celebrated the new year. On Dec. 4, the Spokane Hmong Association hosted a traditional new year party featuring colorful garb and plentiful food.

Unlike the Western new year, the Hmong people have no set calendar date for the celebration. Vang Xiong, of the Spokane Hmong Association, said because their ancestors were farmers, the festivities were usually held after the crops had been harvested; the date varied from region to region.

But two things remain unchanged. “It’s a time for young people to get to know each other in public forum,” Xiong said.
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General Vang Pao legacy
 By Wameng Moua, Hmong Today
February 02, 2011

His body is riddled with bullet scars suffered from his many years of warfare. Having survived through multiple assassination attempts, airplane crashes and even a carpet bombing, many observers make the claim that this man may have been divinely indestructible.

But on January 6, 2011, General Vang Pao, beloved leader of the Hmong people, lost his final battle to pneumonia, and ultimately a heart finally expired.

After a ten-day stay at a Fresno area hospital, Nais Phoos Vaj Pov took his last breath and shared his last heart-beat with loved ones huddled closely by his bedside.

His death, much like the rest of his life, seemed to play out like a Hollywood script. For one thing, the timing of his death coincides with the 50th year anniversary of the famous first meeting between the General and Col. James "Bill" Lair, the CIA operative whose alliance with the General would seal the fate of the Hmong thereafter.
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Secret war film on DVD next year

LaosONE of the best documentaries in recent years – about America’s “secret war” in Laos during the conflict with Vietnam – remains unseen by people in the two countries that would benefit most from viewing this film.

The Most Secret Place on Earth, made by German filmmaker Marc Eberle, now based in Phnom Penh, outlines the conflict in Laos in the 1960s and 70s, and the extraordinary silence that followed the horrifying American bombing campaign.

Eberle uses archival footage plus interviews with key figures from the era to tell about the CIA’s recruitment of Hmong hilltribe people to fight the communists in the early 60s and the massive bombing of the Plain of Jars – brutal acts that many class as “war crimes” only revealed to Congress and the American public years after the events.

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