Toxic milk powder whistleblower 'was killed in domestic dispute'
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November 25, 2012, Sunday
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THE man who exposed China's toxic milk product scandal was killed in a domestic dispute, not a revenge attack, police have said.
Jiang Weisuo, 44, was stabbed on November 2 during a dispute with his wife over his drinking habits, said Tang Jianping, head of the Yanta branch of the Xi'an Municipal Public Security Bureau in northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
He died in hospital, police said.
Jiang, founder of a Shaanxi agricultural sciences company, blew the whistle on illegal practices in China's dairy industry in 2006, two years before media exposure of a major milk powder contamination scandal. Dairy competitors branded him a "black sheep," though the public later hailed him a hero.
There was speculation that he died in a revenge attack.
Police said six of the nine suspects in Jiang's death, including his wife Yang Ping, her younger sister Yang Caiying and her husband Lin Fan have been detained.
Yang Ping confessed to the crime, according to Huang Lin, vice head of the Yanta branch of the Xi'an Municipal Public Security Bureau.
Jiang, who had been accused of beating his wife after drinking, was involved in a dispute with Yang Ping in the early hours of November 1, police said.
She turned to Yang Caiying and others for help, Huang said.
Police said they were waiting for the results of an autopsy.
In 2008, melamine-tainted milk power led to the deaths of at least six babies and left 300,000 ill.
Jiang Weisuo, 44, was stabbed on November 2 during a dispute with his wife over his drinking habits, said Tang Jianping, head of the Yanta branch of the Xi'an Municipal Public Security Bureau in northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
He died in hospital, police said.
Jiang, founder of a Shaanxi agricultural sciences company, blew the whistle on illegal practices in China's dairy industry in 2006, two years before media exposure of a major milk powder contamination scandal. Dairy competitors branded him a "black sheep," though the public later hailed him a hero.
There was speculation that he died in a revenge attack.
Police said six of the nine suspects in Jiang's death, including his wife Yang Ping, her younger sister Yang Caiying and her husband Lin Fan have been detained.
Yang Ping confessed to the crime, according to Huang Lin, vice head of the Yanta branch of the Xi'an Municipal Public Security Bureau.
Jiang, who had been accused of beating his wife after drinking, was involved in a dispute with Yang Ping in the early hours of November 1, police said.
She turned to Yang Caiying and others for help, Huang said.
Police said they were waiting for the results of an autopsy.
In 2008, melamine-tainted milk power led to the deaths of at least six babies and left 300,000 ill.
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