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China’s top drug regulator gets death sentence

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Source: Associated Press

China’s top drug regulator gets death sentence
Zheng convicted of accepting bribes, dereliction of duty

BREAKING NEWS

Updated: 27 minutes ago
BEIJING - China's top drug regulator was sentenced to death on charges of corruption and negligence, state media said Tuesday, the latest development stemming from growing alarm over the country's poor food-safety record.

Zheng Xiaoyu was convicted and sentenced "on charges of taking bribes and dereliction of duty" at the Beijing Municipal No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, the Xinhua News Agency said in a brief dispatch. No other details were given.

Zheng was fired in 2005 on charges he took up to US$780,000 in bribes to approve medicine that had not been tested to ensure its safety.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18911849/

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