2 Officials Arrested in Case of Fatal Fake Milk
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Two Chinese officials have been arrested for covering up the death of a baby girl who drank fake infant formula, state television reported. The fake formula has also killed at least 11 other children.
Bai Qixiang and Li Tingjun are the first two officials arrested in the case in Fuyang, a city in the impoverished eastern province of Anhui, China Central Television said.
It identified the two as deputy heads of a branch of the Fuyang Administration for Industry and Commerce.
The malnutrition deaths stirred a public outcry, prompting Beijing to order an investigation and promise a crackdown.
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