Recently, a campaign was also launched to bar the doctor from using the sheriff’s internet which he used to explain his side to the outside world.

The latest news is that the Stephen Kelley, district attorney of Camden county, is exerting efforts to transfer Dr. Chua to the Brunswick jail. The reason is that Dr. Chua has a close relationship with Sheriff Smith. They issued subpoenas to 29 people - 15 Camden County Sheriff staff including the Sheriff himself and 14 other regular visitors to the jail, to prove that the doctor was receiving preferential treatment while confined in the Camden County Jail. Judge Amanda Williams turned down the move.

The trial by jury will be held in Glynn country (Brunswick) courthouse. Dr. Chua’s attorney, Don Samuels says it is required by law for an accused to remain in his parent county unless he is in danger or a danger to somebody else.

Sheriff Smith will be responsible for Dr. Chua at all times while he is in the Glynn County Court House for the trial and returned to Camden County every day during the trial.

Incidentally, the subpoena issued by the DA to buttress his argument that Dr. Chua was getting preferential treatment were delivered by St. Marys police department instead of the Camden county sheriff’s office as is required by law.

Other groups supporting the DA are also questioning whether supporters of Dr. Chua were the ones who published the medical record of Mr. Jamie Carter, the victim in the case. This, they said, was a violation of the law.

The prosecution plans on calling a jury pool of 250 Camden County residents - and sealing the jury list so none of the good guys has advance knowledge of who is on the list.

The Georgia Philippine American Advocacy for Justice (GPAAJ) has launched the Dr. Noel Chua Legal Defense Fund with a goal of raising $25,000 by September to contribute to the doctor’s legal fees.

The media and professional organizations in Georgia and neighboring states have turned their attention to the case, particularly focusing on the District Attorney of Camden county because of the seemingly biased actions against Dr. Chua.

Chua, 45, has been under detention since September last year after he was charged with felony murder and  17 counts of violation of Georgia’s Controlled Substance Act in the overdose death of Carter, a patient who worked and lived with him in December, 2005.

Because he was also charged by the District Attorney with racketeering, the authorities took control of all his assets, depriving him of money to pay for his legal defense.

Chua and his supporters have repeatedly raised serious concerns that the doctor was charged and thrown behind bars based solely on an affidavit signed by a doctor that was hired by the family of Carter, adding that the DA has totally disregarded the toxicology and autopsy reports that would have cleared Chua of all the accusations hurled against him.

Even the medical board in Atlanta did not find anything irregular in Dr. Chua’s conduct, Fil-Am community leader Willy Blanco told the Filipino Reporter. The board didn’t even revoke his medical license and allowed him to continue his practice, until the DA decided to indict and jail him in September 2006.

Kelley, during the first and only time he talked to the Filipino Reporter in July, strongly denied any wrongdoing in handling Chua’s case.