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...
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SAT · 2026-10-17 · 04:10 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-1017-119627
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Chinese kindergarten owner given life sentence over lead paint poisoning scandal
The owner of a Chinese kindergarten, Li Huifang, has received a life sentence for her role in a lead paint poisoning scandal that affected over 200 children. This incident is described as the country's worst food safety scandal in nearly two decades.
Phoebe ZhangSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-10-17 · 04:10 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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The owner of a Chinese kindergarten, Li Huifang, has received a life sentence for her role in a lead paint poisoning scandal that affected over 200 children. This incident is described as the country's worst food safety scandal in nearly two decades. Six individuals were jailed on Friday by the Lanzhou Intermediate People’s Court in Gansu province for producing or distributing unsafe food. Li Huifang, owner of Peixin Kindergarten in Tianshui, was also fined 500,000 yuan. The kindergarten's principal, Zhu Jinglin, was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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Zhu Jinglin, the principal, was jailed for 15 years.
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Li Huifang, owner of Peixin Kindergarten, was handed a life sentence and fined 500,000 yuan.
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Six people were jailed for making or selling harmful foodstuffs.
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Over 200 children were poisoned by lead in the incident.
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