This is the woman who once poisoned 300,000 babies and young children!
However, after being sentenced to life imprisonment, his sentence was repeatedly commuted.
If Tian Wenhua, chairman of the Sanlu Group, is released from prison, who will be responsible for the 300,000 babies and families who were poisoned?
How are the poisoned babies and toddlers doing?
What happened to the incident of "Sanlu Poisoned Milk Powder"?
"Adulterated" milk powder
In 2008, Ms. Li (not her real name) from Hebei Province was very heavy.
Her son is only 5 months old, and as a mother, she tries her best to give her child the best and hopes that the child can grow up healthy and happy.
But just the day before, she noticed that the child was strange - after her baby drank the popular brand Sanlu milk powder, the color of the little one's urine looked strange, and the amount was significantly reduced.
Usually, Ms. Li always pays special attention to how much the child eats, how well it pulls, and how it urine, because the child can't speak, and Ms. Li can only judge the child's physical condition by observing these.
At first, Ms. Li thought it might be because the milk powder was not sealed properly, or there was a problem with the way the milk was warmed.
After observation, she found that in the past few days, as long as the child drinks Sanlu milk powder, the same situation will occur.
The child was abnormal, and Ms. Li, as a mother, couldn't let go of her heart, and she couldn't sleep for the past few days, so she made up her mind to thoroughly investigate the root cause.
As a novice mother, Ms. Li inspected the milk powder brand for a long time, and asked the mothers around her, and finally chose the brand of Sanlu milk powder.
At that time, Ms. Li couldn't imagine that such a popular Sanlu milk powder would produce substandard products that are harmful to the health of infants.
In order to find out the truth of the matter, Ms. Li took a sample of milk powder and sent it to the headquarters of Sanlu, asking the other party to take it seriously and investigate the cause thoroughly.
Who knows, Sanlu's reaction to this matter was unexpectedly perfunctory.
The other party's reply couldn't be simpler: "After testing, the quality of the batch is qualified, and there are no potential safety hazards." "
With such a perfunctory attitude, Ms. Li was angry and anxious.
is angry that such a big thing, the other party doesn't take it seriously, and the urgency is that if there is no clear result in this matter, what should the child do?
What's more, there are so many children who eat Sanlu milk powder, and Ms. Li, as a mother, can't even think about it, what should so many families do if something happens to their children?
The truth emerges
"Doctor, I beg you, save my child, she still has a long way to go. ”
In June 2008, in the reception department of the First Hospital in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, a woman cried out at a loss as she held a skinny, loose-skinned, and blank 6-year-old girl.
An experienced pediatric attending physician led the mother and daughter into the waiting room.
After some questioning and physical examination, the doctor was surprised to find that this young girl actually had severe kidney stones! As a common disease of the elderly, kidney stones are too rare in children.
Strangely, as if agreed, that afternoon, the doctor treated more than 10 children with similar "strange diseases".
The doctor felt that this matter was not simple, because the pediatric treatment was mainly for minor diseases such as cough and cold, and it was really strange to have such a group of "kidney stones".
According to common sense, unless there is some special sudden environmental pollution accident, it is unlikely that so many of the same strange diseases will break out in a short period of time.
This matter is not trivial, and the doctor reported it to the leadership.
After visiting families and other investigations, they found that these children with strange diseases have an amazing thing in common, the children are drinking a certain batch of milk powder produced by Sanlu Company!
The medical staff then urgently appealed to all parents to immediately stop feeding Sanlu milk powder and take their children for a comprehensive physical examination.
But at this moment, more amazing inside stories about Sanlu have surfaced.
Even, some children have a worrying "big-headed doll" deformity!
The baby's face was severely swollen, his head was raised, and his eyes were sunken, and he looked very pitiful.
What's going on with Sanlu milk powder? How did the boss Tian Wenhua deal with it?
Tian Wenhua, the owner of "Sanlu Milk Powder".
In the face of huge public pressure, Sanlu Company began to suffer from doubts and accusations from all sides.
However, the reaction of the company's top management to Sanlu's behavior that endangered the health of infants and young children was unexpectedly cold.
Instead of taking timely measures, recalling the problematic products, and taking responsibility for the harm caused, they continued to cover their ears and steal the bell, trying to point the finger at the incident elsewhere in various ways.
People who have come back to taste it began to think again, why is the price of Sanlu milk powder so low, and they can still make money?
This matter has to start with Tian Wenhua, Tian Wenhua at that time, in order to save costs, came up with an idea.
It is to sell the cows to the farmers, and the farmers will sell the milk to Sanlu, which not only saves costs, but also makes more money for the farmers.
However, there are always some farmers who start to use some crooked brains, in order to increase milk production, they feed the cows a lot of water before milking, so that the yield increases, but the quality cannot keep up.
The staff who collect the milk are not stupid, and of course they can see the quality of the milk, so in order not to be detected, the dairy farmers add melamine, a chemical product, to it.
Melamine can increase the protein content of milk, but the staff cannot detect it.
But in the long run, people who eat it will produce stones in the urinary system, bladder, and kidneys.
On the manufacturer's side, in order to increase the shelf life of milk and prevent it from spoiling, a small amount of sodium hydroxide will be added to the milk.
It is worth mentioning that melamine that infants and young children drink is not excreted in the body like adults.
So, Tian Wenhua, who is the boss of Sanlu milk powder, why didn't he deal with this matter?
Actually, to put it bluntly, it's just to make more money.
Under the temptation of money, Tian Wenhua lost his original intention, not only did not solve this matter, but even did not hesitate to falsify the test report in order to cover up the facts.
There were also people who broke the news about this matter, but they covered it up.
In the end, the paper couldn't hold the fire, and the matter was completely exposed.
In 2009, Tian Wenhua was sentenced to life imprisonment and fined a hefty 200 million yuan.
However, those children who are deeply harmed by "poisoned milk powder" have suffered irreversible physical and mental damage.
300,000 children poisoned by Sanlu milk powder
With the passage of time, perhaps many young people no longer know the hated "Sanlu milk powder incident".
But for hundreds of thousands of families, their children can be affected for a lifetime.
In 2008, Che Yanjun's twin sons were born, which was a great joy for the whole family.
Two big fat boys were added to the family at once, and they were all healthy, and the whole family was happy.
However, the unaware Che Yanjun bought Sanlu milk powder for his two children, and he thought that with such a popular brand, there must be no problem for the children to eat it.
At that time, he didn't know how much he regretted this decision years later.
After a period of time, Che Yanjun's eldest son's urination decreased sharply and he also had diarrhea, which frightened the couple and hurriedly took the child to the hospital.
As a result, kidney stones were found, and Che Yanjun wondered very much, how could such a young child get kidney stones?
Immediately afterwards, the youngest son also entered the hospital.
After the Sanlu milk powder incident broke out, Che Yanjun had no regrets.
And families like Che Yanjun, there are hundreds of thousands....
There have been media surveys and interviews with these children, and some families have spent all their family savings to treat their children.
When children grow up, they are often ridiculed by their classmates.
The sentence was reduced three times in five years
To everyone's surprise, Tian Wenhua, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, was commuted three times in a row because of his good behavior during his sentence.
In 2011, when Tian Wenhua had only been in prison for more than two years, he submitted a commutation to his prison, which was changed from life imprisonment to 19 years in prison.
In 2014, Tian Wenhua's sentence was commuted again by 1 year and 9 months.
In 2016, Tian Wenhua's sentence was commuted by one and a half years.
Prison staff revealed that Tian Wenhua publicly confessed his mistakes and repented many times during his time in prison, and his attitude was sincere.
According to relevant laws and regulations, as long as they serve two years in prison and behave well, elderly criminals can get their sentences commuted, which is why Tian Wenhua is so "lucky".
As the culprit who poisoned hundreds of thousands of innocent babies with his own hands, Tian Wenhua was able to see the light of day again, which made countless parents of the victims feel extremely angry and shocked!
After the Sanlu milk powder incident, the state has successively issued many regulations on the safety of milk powder, and tried its best to ensure the safety of infant milk.
Source: Oriental Morning Post "Former Chairman of Sanlu Meritorious Service 3 Times Commutation 2 Times"