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Ka-Wing Yuen, 25,
of Brooklyn, N.Y., pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to
hinder apprehension by evidence tampering, a third degree
felony, and conspiracy to commit hazing, a misdemeanor. Three
other felony charges were dropped.
Yuen and 36 other defendants from Pi Delta Psi, an
Asian-American cultural fraternity at Baruch College in
Manhattan, were arrested in Dec. 2013 after an 19-year-old
pledge, Chun “Michael” Deng of Queens, N.Y., died of head
injuries received in a pledging ritual known as “the glass
ceiling.”
The pledging took place at a rented home in the Pocono Mountain
region of Pennsylvania about 96 miles west of New York City. In
it, Deng was forced to walk blindfolded, carrying a 30-pound
backpack, through a line of fraternity members, who shoved him
and threw him to the ground, according to police.
Yuen will be sentenced January 23 by Judge Margherita
Worthington. He could receive as little as probation or as much
as several months in prison. Five of the remaining 36 defendants
face third-degree murder charges.
Neither Yuen’s attorney nor the assistant district attorney who
prosecuted the case could be reached for comment Tuesday night.
(Editing by Sharon Bernstein and Michael Perry)
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