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One man has been given the death penalty and another a life sentence for their involvement in China's contaminated milk scandal.One man has been given the death penalty and another a life sentence for their involvement in China's contaminated milk scandal.
Zhang Yujun and Zhang Yanzhang were accused of involvement in producing a melamine-laced powder that enabled milk to appear higher in protein.Zhang Yujun and Zhang Yanzhang were accused of involvement in producing a melamine-laced powder that enabled milk to appear higher in protein.
The so-called "protein powder" was then sold to dairies, and led to the deaths of six children and made 300,000 ill.The so-called "protein powder" was then sold to dairies, and led to the deaths of six children and made 300,000 ill.
Several other businessmen and executives are due to be sentenced. They are the first in several sentences due over the scandal.
The death sentence of Zhang Yujun was the first to be handed down by Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court in northern China, where the Sanlu dairy, which was at the centre of the scandal, is based. One of the most eagerly awaited sentences is that of Tian Wenhua, who was general manager of the Sanlu Group, the BBC's Quentin Sommerville in Beijing says.
She has already pleaded guilty to charges of producing and selling fake or substandard produce.
The Sanlu dairy was at the centre of the scandal, in which milk was allegedly watered down in order to make supplies go further and make more money.
They are accused of disguising what they had done by adding powder containing the industrial chemical melamine.
The scandal came to light last September when a number of babies, drinking powdered formula milk, fell ill with kidney stones caused by the melamine.
Illegal workshop
The death sentence of Zhang Yujun was the first to be handed down by Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court in northern China, where the Sanlu dairy is based.
Zhang Yujun was convicted of endangering public security by producing and selling milk laced with the industrial chemical melamine, Xinhua news agency reports.Zhang Yujun was convicted of endangering public security by producing and selling milk laced with the industrial chemical melamine, Xinhua news agency reports.
He was accused of running an illegal workshop in Shandong province in eastern China, producing 600 tonnes of the fake protein powder - the largest source of melamine in the country.
Zhang Yanzhang was sentenced for selling on the protein powder.Zhang Yanzhang was sentenced for selling on the protein powder.
Tian Wenhua, who was general manager of the Sanlu Group, is also due to be sentenced.
She has already pleaded guilty to charges of producing and selling fake or substandard produce.