China: Execution of food quality official (pub. July 26, 2007)
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Zheng Xiaoyu, former head of Chinese State Food and Drug Administration, was executed on July 9, having been convicted of corruption and failing in his duties. He had been accused of accepting large bribes to approve untested drugs, some of which were blamed for several deaths.
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