Melamine milk scandal puts another 4 in prison
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March 24, 2011, Thursday
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FOUR people have been jailed for periods of up to five years for selling and producing melamine-tainted dairy products in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, court authorities said yesterday.
Zhang Wenxue, former manager of Lekang Dairy Co Ltd in Shaanxi's Weinan City, was sentenced to five years and fined 500,000 yuan (US$76,200), a district court said.
Two deputy managers, Zhu Shuming in charge of production and Tong Tianhu in charge of marketing, were sentenced to four years and fined 250,000 yuan each.
Ma Shuanglin, a local dairy dealer, received a two-and-a-half-year jail term and was fined 150,000 yuan for selling tainted milk powder to the dairy firm.
Ma received 20 tons of contaminated milk powder from a local dairy firm in 2008.
In September 2009, Ma sold 16.55 tons of the powder to Lekang Dairy Co, at a price much lower than the average market price, under an agreement with Zhang and Tong.
Workers at Lekang's factory told Zhang that the milk powder was stale and had worms in it, but Zhang told them to remove the worms and continue production.
Melamine-laced formula killed at least six infants and sickened 300,000 children across the country in 2008.
Following the scandal, all contaminated milk powder uncovered was ordered sealed.
Zhang Wenxue, former manager of Lekang Dairy Co Ltd in Shaanxi's Weinan City, was sentenced to five years and fined 500,000 yuan (US$76,200), a district court said.
Two deputy managers, Zhu Shuming in charge of production and Tong Tianhu in charge of marketing, were sentenced to four years and fined 250,000 yuan each.
Ma Shuanglin, a local dairy dealer, received a two-and-a-half-year jail term and was fined 150,000 yuan for selling tainted milk powder to the dairy firm.
Ma received 20 tons of contaminated milk powder from a local dairy firm in 2008.
In September 2009, Ma sold 16.55 tons of the powder to Lekang Dairy Co, at a price much lower than the average market price, under an agreement with Zhang and Tong.
Workers at Lekang's factory told Zhang that the milk powder was stale and had worms in it, but Zhang told them to remove the worms and continue production.
Melamine-laced formula killed at least six infants and sickened 300,000 children across the country in 2008.
Following the scandal, all contaminated milk powder uncovered was ordered sealed.
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