Video: China milk scandal
firm files for bankruptcy
SHIJIAZHUANG, Dec. 30 (Chinese media) -- Two more people
involved in China's tainted milk scandal stood trial Tuesday at a court in
Shijiazhuang, capital of northern Hebei Province.
The Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court accused
Geng Jinping, manager of a milk production base and Geng Jinzhu, a driver at the
base, of adding 434 kg of "protein powder" that contained the industrial
chemical melamine to about 900 tonnes of raw milk.
Defendant Geng Jinping (2nd L), manager
of a milk production base, kneels down to show repentance at the
Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court in Shijiazhuang, capital of north
China's Hebei Province, Dec. 30, 2008. The Shijiazhuang Intermediate
People's Court accused Geng Jinping and Geng Jinzhu (1st R) of being
involved in China's tainted milk scandal of adding 434 kilograms of
"protein powder" that contained the industrial chemical melamine to about
900 tonnes of raw milk, and having sold the tainted milk to
Shijiazhuang-based Sanlu Group, the dairy at the center of the scandal.
(Chinese media/Ding Lixin)
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The two Gengs sold the tainted milk to
Shijiazhuang-based Sanlu Group, the dairy at the center of the scandal, and
other places from October 2007 through August 2008, and made 2.8 million
yuan(409,000 U.S. dollars), the court heard.
The protein powder, mainly made of melamine, malt
dextrin and whey powder, was used to increase the apparent protein content in
milk. Children can develop kidney stones after drinking the
melamine-contaminated milk.
The Ministry of Health has said it was likely the
contamination killed at least six babies. Another 294,000 infants suffered from
urinary problems such as kidney stones.
So far, 17 people in the scandal have been put on
trial in Hebei in the past few days. No verdicts have been announced yet.
Tian Wenhua, Sanlu's former board chairwoman and
general manager, will face trial Wednesday in the Shijiazhuang Intermediate
People's Court. She faces charges of producing and selling fake or substandard
commodities, according to court sources.
Geng Jinping (L Front), manager of a
milk production base and Geng Jinzhu (R Front), a driver at the base,
stand trial at the Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court in
Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 30, 2008.
(Chinese media/Ding Lixin)
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Sanlu Group stopped production on Sept. 12. A
bankruptcy petition for Sanlu has been filed in the face of an 1.1 billion yuan
debt, the city government said last week.
China's Dairy Industry Association announced Saturday
victims who fell ill or died after drinking tainted baby formula will soon get
financial compensation from 22 Chinese dairy producers. But the association did
not say the amount of compensation or when the victims will receive it.
Four more stand trial in China tainted
milk scandal
SHIJIAZHUANG, Dec. 29 (Chinese media) -- Four more people in
China's tainted dairy scandal went on trial Monday in a local court in
Shijiazhuang, capital of northern Hebei Province.
The Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court began the
hearing for Gao Junjie, Xue Jianzhong and two others at 8 a.m.. The charges are
not currently available. Full story
China milk scandal companies offer to
compensate victims
BEIJING, Dec. 27 (Chinese media) -- Victims who fell ill or died
after drinking tainted baby formula will soon get financial compensation from 22
Chinese dairy producers, China's Dairy Industry Association announced here
Saturday.
"The enterprises offered to shoulder the compensation
liability. By doing so, they hope to earn understanding and forgiveness of the
families of the sickened children," the association said. Full story
Six stand trial in China's milk powder
scandal
SHIJIAZHUANG, Dec. 26 (Chinese media) -- Six people involved in
China's melamine adulteration milk scandal went on trial on Friday in four
courts in northern Hebei Province.
At the Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court,
prosecutors charged Zhang Yujun and Zhang Yanzhang of having committed a crime
against public security.Full story
China milk scandal firm faces huge
debts
Saleswomen check the returned Sanlu
brand milk powders in a supermarket in Yinchuan, capital of northwest
China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Sept. 17, 2008.A Chinese court has
accepted a bankruptcy petition for Sanlu Group which was at the center of
a tainted milk scandal and is facing huge debts, an official said
Thursday. (Chinese media/Liu Quanlong)
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SHIJIAZHUANG, Dec. 25 (Chinese media) -- A Chinese court has
accepted a bankruptcy petition for Sanlu Group which was at the center of a
tainted milk scandal and is facing huge debts, an official said Thursday.
Wang Jianguo, spokesman for the city government of
Hebei provincial capital Shijiazhuang, said the Intermediate People's Court of
Shijiazhuang City has accepted the petition made by the Heipingxi Road branch of
Shijiazhuang City Commercial Bank - a creditor of Sanlu. Full story
China milk scandal firm submits
bankruptcy application
SHIJIAZHUANG, Dec. 25 (Chinese media) -- A Chinese court has
accepted a bankruptcy petition for Sanlu Group which was at the center of a
tainted milk scandal and is facing huge debts, an official said Thursday.
Wang Jianguo, spokesman for the city government of
Hebei provincial capital Shijiazhuang, said the Intermediate People's Court of
Shijiazhuang City has accepted the petition made by the Heipingxi Road branch of
Shijiazhuang City Commercial Bank - a creditor of Sanlu. Full story
China law to recognize mental
distress, reflects milk scandal
BEIJING, Dec. 22 (Chinese media) -- China's top legislature
might add mental distress to conditions covered by the Tort Law to improve civil
rights protection, under legislation submitted on Monday.
The long-awaited draft Tort Law, designed to provide
compensation for those whose rights are violated, was tabled at the 11th
National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee for a second reading. Full story
China plans compensation after tainted
milk scandal
BEIJING, Dec. 10 (Chinese media) -- A compensation scheme
for families of sickened and dead babies in the tainted milk powder scandal,
which caused a food safety scare in China, is under review, a Health Ministry
spokesman said on Wednesday.
The ministry is collecting medical records and
checking statistics to make preparations for compensation, spokesman Mao Qun'an
told reporters. Full story
Almost 1,300 Chinese infants still
hospitalized from tainted milk
BEIJING, Nov. 12 (Chinese media) -- China's Ministry of
Health said on Wednesday that 1,272 infants nationwide were still receiving
hospital treatment for kidney disorders caused by tainted powdered milk.
Two were in serious condition, the ministry said on
its website. Full story
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