China: Man Who Blew Whistle on Tainted Milk Killed
November 26th, 2012Via: Stuff:
The man who blew the whistle on milk contamination in China has been killed, but the circumstances of his death are shrouded in mystery.
Jiang Weisuo, 44, started to expose how milk was being contaminated in 2006, two years before the scandal that enveloped Sanlu, then a subsidiary of New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra.
Jiang, the general manager of dairy products plant in Shaanxi province, died on November 12, 10 days after suffering two knife wounds, the Xian Evening News reported.
The newspaper cited an unidentified local police source who said Jiang had been stabbed by his wife during a family dispute. Police had detained his wife as a suspect and were waiting for autopsy results to confirm if the wounds were lethal.
But on Friday, the Beijing News, citing an anonymous source, said Jiang’s wife did not stab her husband. ”Several people were present and it was unclear who did it,” the source said. “It probably had to do with monetary matters.”
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