Sad Follow up: China Executes Drug and Food Safety Administrator

Posted on July 10th, 2007 by

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A few days ago, I wrote that Cao Wenzhuang, a Chinese drug and food safety department head had been sentence to death, suspended for two years. Reuters reports that, today, the Chinese government executed him. Zheng Xiaoyu (as spelled by the Xinhua new agency) was executed for taking bribes

and dereliction of duty, according to the Xinhua.

Reuters speculated that the ungenerally harsh sentence and its prompt enforcement reflect pressure on Beijing from domestic and international alarm about consumer product safety. Several products have recently faced recall in the United States over safety concerns.

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