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Death penalty for China official:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6699441.stm

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Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

On May 29, 10:07 pm, Marina wrote:
Death penalty for China official:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6699441.stm

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

Wow. At first reading I thought the death penalty was unusually harsh.
Then I
read on, and realized how many deaths had occurred because of this
corrupt
man. The one that really got me was the eleven babies that died from
drinking
powdered milk that had zero nutritional value. They died from
malnutrition!
Unbelievable. This is an absolutely horrible situation.

Sherry

On 2007-05-29 22:22:39 -0500, Sherry said:

On May 29, 10:07 pm, Marina wrote:
Death penalty for China official:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6699441.stm

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

Wow. At first reading I thought the death penalty was unusually harsh.
Then I
read on, and realized how many deaths had occurred because of this
corrupt
man. The one that really got me was the eleven babies that died from
drinking
powdered milk that had zero nutritional value. They died from
malnutrition!
Unbelievable. This is an absolutely horrible situation.

Sherry

Problem is, it is probably less this guys fault than the whole system
but his death will be seen (or they will spin it as ) the problem being
"dealth with" instead of FIXED. Just one more reason though why we
shouldn't be importing anything edible from China.

Sherry wrote:
On May 29, 10:07 pm, Marina wrote:
Death penalty for China official:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6699441.stm

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

Wow. At first reading I thought the death penalty was unusually harsh.
Then I
read on, and realized how many deaths had occurred because of this
corrupt
man. The one that really got me was the eleven babies that died from
drinking
powdered milk that had zero nutritional value. They died from
malnutrition!
Unbelievable. This is an absolutely horrible situation.

Yes, those babies got me too. It seems he caused a lot of misery in his
own country, as well as elsewhere. I would prefer it if his sentence
would be changed to life imprisonment, though.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

Marina wrote:

Sherry wrote:

Wow. At first reading I thought the death penalty was unusually harsh.
Then I read on, and realized how many deaths had occurred because of
this corrupt man. The one that really got me was the eleven babies
that died from drinking powdered milk that had zero nutritional value.
They died from malnutrition! Unbelievable. This is an absolutely
horrible situation.

Yes, those babies got me too. It seems he caused a lot of misery in his
own country, as well as elsewhere. I would prefer it if his sentence
would be changed to life imprisonment, though.

I'm glad something is being done. I agree with you that putting him to
death by itself won't really solve anything, but they're pretty execution-
happy in China. I thought this country was bad, but according to Amnesty
International, China far outstrips most other countries in the number of
executions.

But if it also means they're really going to overhaul their food safety
system, it might make a real difference. I'm sure nobody there is happy
that their reputation is in the toilet world-wide.

Funny they didn't mention the Panamanians who died from poisoned medicines
shipped from China. That was a pretty big tragedy, too.

Joyce

On Tue, 29 May 2007 20:22:39 -0700, Sherry wrote:

On May 29, 10:07 pm, Marina wrote:
Death penalty for China official:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6699441.stm

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

Wow. At first reading I thought the death penalty was unusually harsh.
Then I
read on, and realized how many deaths had occurred because of this
corrupt
man. The one that really got me was the eleven babies that died from
drinking
powdered milk that had zero nutritional value. They died from
malnutrition!
Unbelievable. This is an absolutely horrible situation.

Sherry



Just think how many may have been unreported. MLB

On May 29, 10:43 pm, Marina wrote:
Sherry wrote:
On May 29, 10:07 pm, Marina wrote:
Death penalty for China official:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6699441.stm

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

Wow. At first reading I thought the death penalty was unusually harsh.
Then I
read on, and realized how many deaths had occurred because of this
corrupt
man. The one that really got me was the eleven babies that died from
drinking
powdered milk that had zero nutritional value. They died from
malnutrition!
Unbelievable. This is an absolutely horrible situation.

Yes, those babies got me too. It seems he caused a lot of misery in his
own country, as well as elsewhere. I would prefer it if his sentence
would be changed to life imprisonment, though.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.- Hide quoted text -

I would too, Marina. It sounds like that may be what ultimately
happens.

Sherry

Marina wrote:
Yes, those babies got me too. It seems he caused a lot of misery in his
own country, as well as elsewhere. I would prefer it if his sentence
would be changed to life imprisonment, though.

Given China's "justice system", I don't even think this guy is
responsible for everything. Can you say scapegoat?

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On Wed, 30 May 2007 07:46:53 -0500, Victor Martinez wrote:

Marina wrote:
Yes, those babies got me too. It seems he caused a lot of misery in his
own country, as well as elsewhere. I would prefer it if his sentence
would be changed to life imprisonment, though.

Given China's "justice system", I don't even think this guy is
responsible for everything. Can you say scapegoat?

That's what I was thinking too. I can't question that he is/was corrupt;
that's a rampant problem in China. But I doubt he is the only one to blame
for the deaths. He's just the one who was selected to pay the price.

Marina wrote:

Death penalty for China official:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6699441.stm

Wow! The Chinese don't fool around, do they?