.....but they apparently know how to deal with officials who violate the
public trust. If we did this, Washington would be a very quiet place. :-)
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/29/world/asia/29cnd-drug.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
May 29, 2007
China Sentences Former Drug Regulator to Death
By DAVID BARBOZA
SHANGHAI, May 29 - The former head of China's top food and drug safety
agency was sentenced to death today after pleading guilty to corruption and
accepting bribes, according to the state-controlled news media.
Zheng Xiaoyu, who served as director of China's Food & Drug Administration
from its founding in 1998 until mid 2005, was detained in February as part
of a government investigation into the agency that is supposed to be the
nation's food and drug watchdog.
Two other top agency officials were also detained in February.
The unusually harsh sentence for the former director comes at a time of
heightened concerns about the quality and safety of China's food and drug
system after a series of scandals involving tainted food and phony drugs.