China has executed its former Drug Regulation Minister, Zheng Xiaoyu who was held guilty of taking bribes during his tenure from 1998 to 2005.
Zheng Xiaoyu, who was found guilty of accepting bribes and gifts worth more than eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars when he was the Chief Drug Regulator from 1998 to 2005, was sentenced to death by a Beijing court on May 29.
The Minister had taken bribes to approve 6 types of fake medicines including an antibiotic blamed for at least 10 deaths and other substandard medicines. The execution, which is seen as extreme even by China's standards of capital punishment, is a clear statement of the country's determination to stamp out counterfeit drugs.
Zheng Xiaoyu, who was found guilty of accepting bribes and gifts worth more than eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars when he was the Chief Drug Regulator from 1998 to 2005, was sentenced to death by a Beijing court on May 29.
The Minister had taken bribes to approve 6 types of fake medicines including an antibiotic blamed for at least 10 deaths and other substandard medicines. The execution, which is seen as extreme even by China's standards of capital punishment, is a clear statement of the country's determination to stamp out counterfeit drugs.
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