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*zyCd6a7JM+T5g
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PS o-_;b I G
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qN*nQ(u'`?6ee ?0|
"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'wo O1p&]IQ-?*q
She bowed to the court to seek forgiveness from the victims of the tainted milk products.食品伙伴个性空间#h,g7I*|r5tx
Liu Xinwei, a Hebei lawyer defending Tian, said she had done her utmost to minimize the effects of the tainted milk.食品伙伴个性空间#@I],cMW+E,v:c&[7Ow
Tian cried when she saw Wang Yuliang, one of her former senior managers, was moved by court staff from a stretcher to a wheelchair.
-h*y0V#@`J.[ {{f0Prosecutors, however, said Tian was not telling the truth.
&x^al!K{L0At least three sources said she had ordered at a meeting on Aug 1 that news of the milk contamination be kept secret.食品伙伴个性空间"H Q,DX7SL
Wang and another former Sanlu executive told the court that Tian ordered to keep the contamination a secret because it could prove disastrous for the company and have a negative impact on the Beijing Olympic Games if it became public.
-}eS#Eusb0But Tian denied the accusation, saying no one at the meeting talked about a cover-up .
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PS o-_;b I G
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qN*nQ(u'`?6ee ?0|
"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'wo O1p&]IQ-?*q
She bowed to the court to seek forgiveness from the victims of the tainted milk products.食品伙伴个性空间#h,g7I*|r5tx
Liu Xinwei, a Hebei lawyer defending Tian, said she had done her utmost to minimize the effects of the tainted milk.食品伙伴个性空间#@I],cMW+E,v:c&[7Ow
Tian cried when she saw Wang Yuliang, one of her former senior managers, was moved by court staff from a stretcher to a wheelchair.
-h*y0V#@`J.[ {{f0Prosecutors, however, said Tian was not telling the truth.
&x^al!K{L0At least three sources said she had ordered at a meeting on Aug 1 that news of the milk contamination be kept secret.食品伙伴个性空间"H Q,DX7SL
Wang and another former Sanlu executive told the court that Tian ordered to keep the contamination a secret because it could prove disastrous for the company and have a negative impact on the Beijing Olympic Games if it became public.
-}eS#Eusb0But Tian denied the accusation, saying no one at the meeting talked about a cover-up .