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Man sentenced to life over poisoned dumplings
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A Chinese court today sentenced a man to life imprisonment for adding poison to frozen dumplings that left four Chinese and nine Japanese citizens ill in 2007 and 2008.
Lu Yueting was found guilty of adding dangerous substances to food, which resulted in one person becoming seriously ill, left 12 others with minor illnesses, and caused significant loss of property from December 2007 to January 2008, the Shijiazhuang Municipal People's Procuratorate told Xinhua.
It is not clear whether Lu plans to appeal.
The Shijiazhuang Municipal Intermediate People's Court delivered the verdict at 9am today in a public hearing with the presence of journalists and officials from the Japanese embassy in Beijing.
Lu, 39, a native of Jingxing County in north China's Hebei Province, worked at the Tianyang Food Plant based in Shijiazhuang, the provincial capital, from 1993 to 2009.
He was dissatisfied with his salary and attempted to create an incident to attract the attention of managers in order to boost his salary, according to the court.
Between July and August 2007, Lu entered the plant's refrigeration storehouse and attempted to inject insecticide into the dumplings with syringes, but failed.
He re-entered the refrigeration storehouse three times between October and December 2007 and injected insecticide into six to nine boxes of frozen dumplings.
The contaminated dumplings were sold to Japan and the Hebei's city of Chengde. Nine Japanese citizens and four Chinese in Chengde fell sick after eating the food.
In January 2008, Japanese media reported that 10 people fell ill after consuming frozen meat dumplings produced by the plant.
The Tianyang Food Plant recalled its products and suspended production after the incident, resulting in a loss of more than 5.5 million yuan (US$908,000).
Tests showed that the remaining dumplings from the same batch sent to Japan and other batches produced by the company at the time were safe, according to Chinese quality inspectors.
The plant was investigated by both Chinese and Japanese authorities shortly after the incident, but no problems were found.
In March 2010, Lu was detained by Chinese police.
The Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court held a trial on July 30, 2013, when Lu confessed to the crime in court, saying he felt sorry for the sickened people and did not expect his acts to cause such serious consequences.
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