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Update – January 23, 2009
Two Men Sentenced to Death for Their Involvement in the Chinese
Contaminated-Milk Scandal - (RJN 1/23/09)
It was reported in the news that on January 22,2009, the Chinese court
in Beijing, sentenced two men to death for their roles in a deadly
contaminated-milk scandal that embarrassed the Chinese government and
prompted hundreds of families to sue for compensation. The woman in
charge of the dairy company at the heart of the crisis was sentenced to
life in prison.
The scandal resulted in at least 6 children deaths and 300,000 sickened
by infant formula tainted with the industrial chemical melamine, and
more than two dozen countries, including the USA, recalled or banned
food containing Chinese milk products. The melamine has been shown to be
harmless to adults.
The information from the court proceedings, that were held in this past
December in Shijiazhuang, CN, where the dairy was located, showed that
the top official of the company, Tian Wenhua, had admitted knowing about
the contamination for months before alerting officials.
There is a possibility that the death sentences will be commuted to life
sentences.
The parents of the children who were affected and their lawyers have
been pressured by the police from contacting the media and assembling a
class-action lawsuit against the government.
For more information on this please contact mdi at
info@mdiconsultants.com.
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