NEWSMAKER: Tian Wenhua, industry leader to disgraced prisoner
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The four indictees Tian Wenhua, Wang
Yuliang, Hang Zhiqi, Wu Jusheng (L to R) stand on trial on the court, in
Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 31, 2008. The
Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court accused Tian Wenhua, and three
other executives of producing and selling fake or sub-standard products.
The court opened at 8 a.m. The four executives are Sanlu's former board
chairwoman and general manager Tian Wenhua, former deputy general managers
Wang Yuliang and Hang Zhiqi, and Wu Jusheng, a former executive in charge
of the firm's milk division. If convicted of producing and selling fake or
substandard products, defendants can be imprisoned for terms up to life.
(Xinhua/Ding Lixin)Photo
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SHIJIAZHUANG, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Tian Wenhua, former
board chairwoman of the Sanlu Group at the heart of China's tainted milks
candal, was sentenced to life in prison by a local court Thursday.
Three other former executives of Sanlu were given
between five years and 15 years by the Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's
Court.
Two in connection with China milk
scandal sentenced to death
SHIJIAZHUANG, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Two men in connection with China tainted milk
scandal have been sentenced to death as of 3:00 p.m. Thursday by a local
court. Full story
Sanlu Group fined nearly 50 million
yuan over melamine scandal
SHIJIAZHUANG, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Sanlu Group at the heart
of China's melamine-tainted milk scandal was fined about 50 million yuan (7.3
million U.S. dollars) and its former board chairwoman Tian Wenhua was fined more
than 20 million yuan, according to a court ruling on Thursday. Full story
Chinese court to sentence 21
defendants over tainted milk powder scandal Thursday
afternoon
SHIJIAZHUANG, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese court is set to
sentence 21 defendants implicated in a tainted milk powder scandal Thursday
afternoon, about three weeks after trials began late last month, a court
spokesman has said. Full story
60 arrested over melamine-tainted
Sanlu milk powder
SHIJIAZHUANG, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Sixty suspects have been
formally arrested over the melamine-tainted Sanlu milk powder that caused
urinary problems such as kidney stones in thousands of babies in China last
year.Full story
China to continue free medical
treatment for tainted milk victims
BEIJING, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- China will continue
to provide free medical treatment to sickened babies in the tainted milk powder
scandal, said Mao Qun'an, spokesman of the Ministry of Health on Thursday.Full story
Chinese dairy companies apologize for
milk scandal by text message
BEIJING, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Sanlu and other 21 Chinese dairy
firms that were implicated in a tainted milk scandal apologized to the public
via text messages on Thursday. Full story
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. Full story
