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China jails man who led war on toxic baby milk
REUTERS, Nov 11, 2010, 06.04am
BEIJING: A Chinese court on Wednesday handed down a two-and-a-half year jail sentence to a man who organised a website for parents of children who became ill from drinking tainted milk after his own son became sick.
The court found Zhao Lianhai guilty of "inciting social disorder", his wife Li Xuemei said. "Of course we cannot accept this. We will appeal. This is something we have to do," Li said by telephone after the verdict was read out in a Beijing court.
Zhao founded "Kidney Stone Babies" to provide information and resources for parents after about 300,000 Chinese infants were made ill, with some 50,000 hospitalised, in 2008 after drinking milk formula delibrately tainted with melamine. At least six babies died.
Police formally arrested Zhao last December, charging him with the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment.
After an initial cover-up during the Olympic Games in Beijing, China jailed or executed a handful of farmers, milk dealers and executives at Sanlu, the dairy firm that sold the tainted milk, but never announced the sentences for government officials detained after the scandal.
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REUTERS, Nov 11, 2010, 06.04am
BEIJING: A Chinese court on Wednesday handed down a two-and-a-half year jail sentence to a man who organised a website for parents of children who became ill from drinking tainted milk after his own son became sick.
The court found Zhao Lianhai guilty of "inciting social disorder", his wife Li Xuemei said. "Of course we cannot accept this. We will appeal. This is something we have to do," Li said by telephone after the verdict was read out in a Beijing court.
Zhao founded "Kidney Stone Babies" to provide information and resources for parents after about 300,000 Chinese infants were made ill, with some 50,000 hospitalised, in 2008 after drinking milk formula delibrately tainted with melamine. At least six babies died.
Police formally arrested Zhao last December, charging him with the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment.
After an initial cover-up during the Olympic Games in Beijing, China jailed or executed a handful of farmers, milk dealers and executives at Sanlu, the dairy firm that sold the tainted milk, but never announced the sentences for government officials detained after the scandal.
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