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Sanlu Group fined nearly 50 million yuan over melamine scandal

Sanlu Group at the heart of China's melamine-tainted milk scandal was fined about 50 million yuan (7.3 million U.S. dollars) and its former board chairwoman Tian Wenhua was fined more than 20 million yuan, according to a court ruling on Thursday. ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Thu, Jan 22 2009

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