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Four more stand trial in China tainted milk scandal

Video: China milk scandal firm files for bankruptcy

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.









A photo taken on Dec. 26, 2008 shows the buildings of Sanlu Group, the center for China's melamine adulteration milk scandal, in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei Province. A bankruptcy petition for Sanlu has been filed as it faced 1.1 billion yuan (around 160 million USD) of debt, the Shijiazhuang city government said Thursday.





A photo taken on Dec. 26, 2008 shows the

buildings of Sanlu Group, the center for China's melamine adulteration

milk scandal, in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei

Province. (Chinese media/Yang Shiyao)
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On Friday, six people involved in the scandal stood

trial in four courts in Hebei on charges of producing, selling or adding protein

powder that contained melamine to raw milk. The courts have not announced the

verdicts.

Tian Wenhua, Sanlu's former board chairwoman and

general manager, will go on trial Wednesday in the Shijiazhuang Intermediate

People's Court.

Shijiazhuang-based Sanlu Group stopped production on

Sept. 12. A bankruptcy petition for Sanlu has been filed as it faced 1.1 billion

yuan of debt, the city government said Thursday.

The Ministry of Health has said it was likely the

contamination killed six babies. Another 294,000 infants suffered from urinary

problems such as kidney stones.





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










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.





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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