Video: China milk scandal firm files for bankruptcy
SHIJIAZHUANG, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Four more people in
China's tainted dairy scandal went on trial Monday in a local court in
Shijiazhuang, capital of northern Hebei Province.
The Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court began
the hearing for Gao Junjie, Xue Jianzhong and two others at 8 a.m.. The charges
are not currently available.
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A photo taken on Dec. 26, 2008 shows the
buildings of Sanlu Group, the center for China's melamine adulteration
milk scandal, in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei
Province. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)
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On Friday, six people involved in the scandal stood
trial in four courts in Hebei on charges of producing, selling or adding protein
powder that contained melamine to raw milk. The courts have not announced the
verdicts.
Tian Wenhua, Sanlu's former board chairwoman and
general manager, will go on trial Wednesday in the Shijiazhuang Intermediate
People's Court.
Shijiazhuang-based Sanlu Group stopped production on
Sept. 12. A bankruptcy petition for Sanlu has been filed as it faced 1.1 billion
yuan of debt, the city government said Thursday.
The Ministry of Health has said it was likely the
contamination killed six babies. Another 294,000 infants suffered from urinary
problems such as kidney stones.
China milk scandal companies offer to
compensate victims
BEIJING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Victims who fell ill or died
after drinking tainted baby formula will soon get financial compensation from 22
Chinese dairy producers, China's Dairy Industry Association announced here
Saturday.
"The enterprises offered to shoulder the compensation
liability. By doing so, they hope to earn understanding and forgiveness of the
families of the sickened children," the association said. Full story
Six stand trial in China's milk powder
scandal
SHIJIAZHUANG, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Six people involved in
China's melamine adulteration milk scandal went on trial on Friday in four
courts in northern Hebei Province.
At the Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court,
prosecutors charged Zhang Yujun and Zhang Yanzhang of having committed a crime
against public security.Full story
China milk scandal firm faces huge
debts
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Saleswomen check the returned Sanlu
brand milk powders in a supermarket in Yinchuan, capital of northwest
China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Sept. 17, 2008.A Chinese court has
accepted a bankruptcy petition for Sanlu Group which was at the center of
a tainted milk scandal and is facing huge debts, an official said
Thursday. (Xinhua/Liu Quanlong)
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SHIJIAZHUANG, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese court has
accepted a bankruptcy petition for Sanlu Group which was at the center of a
tainted milk scandal and is facing huge debts, an official said Thursday.
Wang Jianguo, spokesman for the city government of
Hebei provincial capital Shijiazhuang, said the Intermediate People's Court of
Shijiazhuang City has accepted the petition made by the Heipingxi Road branch of
Shijiazhuang City Commercial Bank - a creditor of Sanlu. Full story
China milk scandal firm submits
bankruptcy application
SHIJIAZHUANG, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese court has
accepted a bankruptcy petition for Sanlu Group which was at the center of a
tainted milk scandal and is facing huge debts, an official said Thursday.
Wang Jianguo, spokesman for the city government of
Hebei provincial capital Shijiazhuang, said the Intermediate People's Court of
Shijiazhuang City has accepted the petition made by the Heipingxi Road branch of
Shijiazhuang City Commercial Bank - a creditor of Sanlu. Full story
China law to recognize mental
distress, reflects milk scandal
BEIJING, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature
might add mental distress to conditions covered by the Tort Law to improve civil
rights protection, under legislation submitted on Monday.
The long-awaited draft Tort Law, designed to provide
compensation for those whose rights are violated, was tabled at the 11th
National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee for a second reading. Full story
China plans compensation after tainted
milk scandal
BEIJING, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- A compensation scheme
for families of sickened and dead babies in the tainted milk powder scandal,
which caused a food safety scare in China, is under review, a Health Ministry
spokesman said on Wednesday.
The ministry is collecting medical records and
checking statistics to make preparations for compensation, spokesman Mao Qun'an
told reporters. Full story
Almost 1,300 Chinese infants still
hospitalized from tainted milk
BEIJING, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of
Health said on Wednesday that 1,272 infants nationwide were still receiving
hospital treatment for kidney disorders caused by tainted powdered milk.
Two were in serious condition, the ministry said on
its website. Full story
