Chinese kindergarten owner given life sentence over lead paint poisoning scandal
Por Phoebe Zhang — South China Morning Post – News feed
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Five others were also jailed after more than 200 children in Gansu were poisoned by paint used to improve the appearance of canteen food
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Phoebe Zhang in Shenzhen Published: 12:10pm, 17 Oct 2026 Updated: 12:12pm, 17 Oct 2026 The owner of a Chinese kindergarten has been jailed for life after more than 200 children were poisoned by lead in the country’s worst food safety scandal for almost two decades.
A total of six people were jailed on Friday for making or selling harmful foodstuffs by Lanzhou Intermediate People’s Court in Gansu province.
Li Huifang, owner of the Peixin Kindergarten in Tianshui, was handed a life sentence and fined 500,000 yuan (US$75,000), while Zhu Jinglin, the principal, was jailed for 15 years and fined 300,000 yuan.
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