Death Sentence in Milk Trial  Three men have been sentenced to
death for their role in the tainted milk scandal, while , former
chairwoman of the Group, has been given a life sentence. From
Caijing:  On the afternoon of January 22, the Intermediate
People’s Court in Shijiazhuang announced a death penalty
sentence for Zhang Yujun, who sold 600 tons of a mixture
containing the industrial chemical melamine to dairy farmers and
dealers as a means of boosting protein readings. Zhang’s
workshop was allegedly China’s largest source of melamine and
earned him 6.8 million yuan.  Also sentenced to death was milk
producer Geng Jinping, who had been convicted of producing and
selling toxic food to dairy companies.  Gao Junjie, another
melamine producer, received a suspended death sentence with two
years reprieve.  Besides Tian, another two former deputy general
managers of Sanlu, Wang Yuliang and Hang Zhiqi, received 15
years and 8 years in prison, respectively.  See also a report on
the sentences from the New York Times