Dairy firm's former chairwoman denies cover-up
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The last day of the year turned out to be the longest in Tian Wenhua's life.食品伙伴个性空间^V [&m9k9D
The former chairwoman and general manager of dairy firm Sanlu Group did not deny the charge of producing and selling fake or substandard products.食品伙伴个性空间9m&M)aV3p/Ru)JK!Q
But the 66-year-old told the Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court in Hebei province that she did not try to cover up the tainted milk scandal.食品伙伴个性空间 XZQ;` `W
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"I would never hide any such news," she said in Hebei dialect, moving the microphone closer to her mouth. "In fact, I submitted two written reports (on the contamination) to the city government."食品伙伴个性空间O1v"{%b]r/_1p
She bowed to the court to seek forgiveness from the victims of the tainted milk products.食品伙伴个性空间.^o5n`j
Liu Xinwei, a Hebei lawyer defending Tian, said she had done her utmost to minimize the effects of the tainted milk.
%~1tg}(Y&NVq/u0Tian cried when she saw Wang Yuliang, one of her former senior managers, was moved by court staff from a stretcher to a wheelchair.
)Z| J+Q5vo)kU0Prosecutors, however, said Tian was not telling the truth.食品伙伴个性空间7B9oO4zrC.X aq
At least three sources said she had ordered at a meeting on Aug 1 that news of the milk contamination be kept secret.
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1Uu'qx(RTgX?x0But Tian denied the accusation, saying no one at the meeting talked about a cover-up .
A`$o ^d'`%u0It was decided at the meeting that 2,721 tons of contaminated baby milk food would be "sealed". And the Sanlu management sent its employees to agents and retailers to get back the tainted products.食品伙伴个性空间n;K{Nm:P%h:]
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Tian also said she submitted two written reports on the contamination to the local government on August 2 and 29, and claimed to have discussed the matter with local officials several times during that month.
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发布于2009-01-06 10:50:43
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Sanlu ex-boss was aware of tainted milk
By Zhu Zhe in Beijing and Cui Xiaohuo in Shijiazhuang (China Daily)
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d9ssv)IlTeecx食品论坛;食品社区Former chairwoman and general manager of Sanlu Group testified in court on Wednesday that she knew in May that her dairy firm's products were contaminated but notified the authorities only in August.
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Wang Yuliang and Hang Zhiqi, both former deputy general managers of Sanlu, and Wu Jusheng, former manager of the firm's raw milk department, are the other three standing trial.space.foodmate.net.R.a+xK
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Earlier reports said they could be sentenced to death "for producing and selling fake or substandard food products".食品论坛,食品行业社区,关注食品安全、食品技术、食品质量、检测技术等8{xo%^._S8vo