Speaking of corporate crimes, this news report in Caijing states that death sentences have been awarded by an Intermediate Court to three persons and life imprisonment for one in the contaminated milk case. This comes within mere 4 months of the scandal that unfolded in September last year.
While criminal punishment will certainly serve as a deterrent, questions have been raised at the Conglomerate Blog about the lack of effective civil remedies in China which may have stood to benefit the victims.