Another Meng in legal trouble

Meng (L) and Deng (R)

From the Queens Chronicle:

A Pennsylvania grand jury has recommended criminal charges against 37 people — including the brother of Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing) — in connection with the alleged fraternity hazing death of an Oakland Gardens teenager in 2013.

Chun Hsien “Michael” Deng was a student at Baruch College when he collapsed during what law enforcement sources have called a brutal ritual in which he was required to run blindfolded with a 30-pound backpack while being tackled and beaten by members of the Pi Delta Psi Fraternity.

Five Baruch students face charges of murder, according to numerous published and broadcast reports.

The Associated Press, New York Post and other sources report that Andy Meng, who was serving as national president of the fraternity in December 2013, has been charged with lesser felonies in connection with his alleged role in an attempted coverup.

The exact charges against Meng were not available from the office of Monroe County District Attorney E. David Christine Jr., which did not respond to messages left by the Chronicle.

Grace's brother is in a bit of trouble

From the NY Post:

The brother of Rep. Grace Meng could face a homicide charge in the hazing death of a Baruch College fraternity pledge, according to a Pennsylvania law-enforcement official close to the investigation.

Andy Meng — the younger brother of the Flushing Democrat and the president of the Pi Delta Psi national fraternity — could be charged with manslaughter or murder if he helped delay medical treatment for Baruch pledge Chun “Michael” Deng, the source said.

“He is a person of interest,” the source told The Post. “If by deliberate delay someone’s ability to seek medical help was compromised, then that could be a form of homicide.”

Deng, 19, died Dec. 8 from head injuries after fraternity brothers blindfolded and tackled him in the freezing cold. He was not taken to the hospital until more than 90 minutes after he was knocked unconscious, and fraternity members changed his clothes after pummeling him.

Pocono Mountain Regional Police and the Monroe County district attorney are examining phone records that show Meng, who was not at the house at the time, was in contact with the Baruch frat boys “immediately after” the hazing, the source said.

Meng, 28, of Bayside, is also being probed for whether or not he ordered the destruction of evidence after the incident. He’s suspected of instructing Pi Delta Psi brothers to get rid of anything with the frat’s insignia on it before police arrived, the source noted.

Meng is a national rep for Pi Delta Psi, a Flushing-based Asian-American fraternity founded in 1994. After Deng’s death, he announced that his umbrella group would revoke the Baruch frat’s chapter.

Now we can see why the family sent Grace to law school.

And a 28-year old frat boy? I graduated from college when I was 22...