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| Death penalty over Chinese milk | Death penalty over Chinese milk |
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| One man has been given the death penalty and another a life sentence for their involvement in China's contaminated milk scandal. | One man has been given the death penalty and another a life sentence for their involvement in China's contaminated milk scandal. |
| Zhang Yujun and Zhang Yanzhang were accused of involvement in producing a melamine-laced powder that enabled milk to appear higher in protein. | |
| The so-called "protein powder" was then sold to dairies, and led to the deaths of six children and made 300,000 ill. | The so-called "protein powder" was then sold to dairies, and led to the deaths of six children and made 300,000 ill. |
| Several other businessmen and executives are due to be sentenced. | |
| The death sentence of Zhang Yujun was the first to be handed down by Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court in northern China, where the Sanlu dairy, which was at the centre of the scandal, is based. | |
| Zhang Yujun was convicted of endangering public security by producing and selling milk laced with the industrial chemical melamine, Xinhua news agency reports. | |
| Zhang Yanzhang was sentenced for selling on the protein powder. | |
| Tian Wenhua, who was general manager of the Sanlu Group, is also due to be sentenced. | |
| She has already pleaded guilty to charges of producing and selling fake or substandard produce. |