China Issues Death Sentences Over Melamine Milk Formula Scandal
The tragedy over the melamine tainted milk scandal in China continues.
Not only have six young Chinese children died from kidney stones and more than 290,000 made ill from melamine-contaminated milk formula, but now a Chinese court has issued death sentences for two men involved in the contaminated milk scandal.
The two men are executives from Sanlu Group, a Chinese firm that hid reports of deaths and sicknesses caused by formula that contained melamine. Tian Wenhua, the former general manager of Sanlu Group, has plead guilty to charges of “producing and selling fake or substandard products”. She has been sentenced to life in prison.
China is responding to the melamine crisis with strict sentences, as well as production controls. According to Reuters, the Chinese government hopes to reduce the number of melamine producers:
