Chinese court jails six over kindergarten food poisoning
In northwest China's Gansu Province, six people were sentenced, including a preschool's head who received life, after toxic food sickened 247 children.
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What happened
A court in Gansu Province, northwest China, sentenced six people over food that poisoned 247 children at a preschool in Tianshui City. The facility's person in charge was given a life sentence. Other employees received prison terms.
Why it matters
The facility's person in charge was handed a life sentence for the poisoning. Other staff were also imprisoned over the tainted food.
Timeline
- Oct 16, 10:25 AM ET: A Chinese court sentenced the operator of a kindergarten and other employees to prison terms over tainted food.
- Oct 16, 6:54 PM ET: The Gansu court sentenced six people in total, with the facility's person in charge receiving life, for poisoning 247 preschool children.
Coverage
- China sentences 6 to prison over lead poisoning of 247 kindergarten children (anews.com.tr)
- Kindergarten operator in China sentenced to life for lead poisoning (ua.news)
- Kindergarten head gets life sentence for poisoning 247 children in NW China (qazinform.com)
- Kindergarten owner and staff jailed for poisoning 200 children in China (ABC News (Australia))
- China sentences 6 for lead-tainted kindergarten food that sickened over 200 children (CTV News)
- China court sentences kindergarten operator to life for lead poisoning (AP)
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