CHINESE DRUG OFFICIAL GETS DEATH SENTENCE

a former department head at China's State Food and Drug Administration agency was sentenced to death on charges of bribery and neglecting official duties. Cao Wenzhuang was given the death sentence with a two-year reprieve his lawyer, Gao Zicheng, said. Cao had been secretary to Zheng Xiaoyu, the head of the agency in the 1980s, who was sentenced to death in May for taking bribes. Wenzhuang was charged with accepting 2,34 million yuan in bribes from two medical companies based in Jilin and Guangdong provinces that were seeking approval to sell their products.