Death penalty against Zhang Yujun and Geng Jinping - With pictures

The court in the capital of Hebei province handed death penalty to Zhang Yujun,

a middleman, and Geng Jinping, former head of a local dairy firm.

Capital punishment for two, a suspended death penalty for one, life imprisonment for three, 15-year jail terms for two and varying sentences for the 13 other accused.

The court in the capital of Hebei province handed death penalty to Zhang Yujun, a middleman, and Geng Jinping, former head of a local dairy firm, too.

 Geng Jinping and Zhang Yujun receive death penalty for their crimes

Prosecutors said Zhang was one of the "principal criminals". He was found guilty of producing 776 tons of melamine-laced "protein powder" and selling 600 tons of the produce to middlemen for 6.83 million yuan (USD998,000).

"The methods adopted by Zhang Yujun (to make the powder) are extremely dangerous and the outcome of his crime is grave," one of the three judges said.

Geng was found guilty of adding 434 kg of melamine-laced powder to about 900 tons of fresh milk to artificially increase the protein content during quality tests. He sold the milk to Sanlu and some other dairy companies.

Gao Junjie, who supplied the melamine-laced "protein powder", was handed down the death penalty, suspended for two years. Such a sentence usually gets commuted to life imprisonment.

The court found Gao guilty of making more than 70 tons of the "protein powder" with the help of his wife Xiao Yu, who got five years.

Life sentences were handed down to Zhang Yanzhang, a middleman, and Xue Jianzhong, owner of an industrial chemical shop.

Wang Yuliang, a former executive of Sanlu, once the country's leading baby milk food producer, and Zhang Yanjun, another melamine-laced powder maker, were given 15 years.

SOURCE: China Daily

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