1.   He had only the clothes he was wearing, little to eat, a thin mat to sleep on and rare human contact.

2.   He sprawled on a thin straw mat atop a metal bedframe, his limbs poking stick-like from a faded green workshirt and baggy brown pants.

3.   He spent an uncomfortable night sleeping on a thin straw mat with no pillow, according to Huang.

4.   Hoang Van Tuyen sits cross-legged on a thin straw mat, avoiding any movement that might aggravate the withdrawal pains wracking his thin body.

5.   There he slept on a thin straw mat with no pillow, according to his wife.

6.   There he slept on a thin straw mat with no pillow, according to his wife, Huang Chih Mei, who is eight months pregnant.