Chinese milk scam duo face death

Published by You on 22 January, 2009 - 14:04

Chinese milk scam duo face death

Two men have been given the death penalty for their involvement in China's contaminated milk scandal.

The former boss of the Sanlu dairy at the centre of the scandal was given life imprisonment.

They were among several sentences handed down by the court in northern China, where Sanlu is based.

The scandal, in which melamine was added to raw milk to make it appear higher in protein, led to the deaths of six babies and made some 300,000 ill...

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Submitted by .... (not verified) on 22 January, 2009 - 15:54

did they know the consequences of what they were doing?

do you think they deserved the punishment?

Submitted by You on 22 January, 2009 - 15:57

I can see both sides.

If the punishment is not harsh, others may try to do the same thing - and on this occasion it cost lives.

On he other hand I doubt they deliberately set out to kill people.

Any sentence would be one that could be questioned as there are multiple aspects to it.

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Submitted by .... (not verified) on 22 January, 2009 - 15:59

yeah, true, i suppose. This punishment can be an example to others who try the same thing.
But the number of people who got ill from it is enormous!

Submitted by .... (not verified) on 22 January, 2009 - 16:01

At home, the scandal left parents terrified and caused outrage across the country, coming only four years after an earlier milk powder scandal which left 13 babies dead, he adds.

Submitted by Ya'qub on 23 January, 2009 - 14:05

There is no use dying over spilled milk.

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