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Thu 01 Jan 2009China hands out death sentences over tainted milk
The chairwoman of the dairy at the centre of China's melamine-tainted milk scandal was sentenced to life in prison today for producing and selling fake or substandard products. Two other defendants in the trial were given death sentences.
Tian Wenhua, former chairwoman and general manager of of Sanlu Group, was sentenced at the Intermediate People's Court in Shijiazhuang, capital of northern Hebei Province.
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