CHI: Two sentenced to death over China milk scandal
22 Jan 2009 8:20 PM
A Chinese court has sentenced two men to death and given stiff jail terms to 10 others over a milk scandal that's led to widespread poisoning of babies in China and dairy recalls around the world.
The former head of the dairy firm at the heart of the scandal .. is among three people jailed for life.
The state media says one other person was given a suspended death penalty .. a sentence that routinely gets commuted to life in jail .. while six were imprisoned for terms ranging from five to 15 years.
In all .. 21 people have gone on trial in recent weeks for their involvement in making or selling the contaminated milk that last year killed at least six babies.
Close to 300-thousand children and people were left ill with kidney and urinary tract problems.
