China: Former Sanlu Group chairwoman has life sentence for infant melamine poisonings reduced to 18 yrs

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Lighter sentence for melamine boss
2014-08-01 13:47 Shanghai Daily Web Editor: Si Huan
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Former dairy tycoon Tian Wenhua, sentenced to life in prison for her role in the melamine milk scandal that shocked China in 2008, has had her life sentence reduced to 18 years because of good behavior.

The former chairwoman of the Sanlu Group was found guilty of producing melamine-tainted milk powder and hiding the truth from the public at a trial on January 22, 2009.

The tainted products killed at least six babies and sickened about 300,000 others across the country.

The article says several other managers served lesser sentences. 17 people involved in the crime in various ways were executed and 30 bureaucrats were fired, but many have now regained there jobs.