According to the Legal Evening News, at the end of 2016, Tian Wenhua, the former chairman of Sanlu, received a third commutation of his sentence for one and a half years. Before that, there were no relevant reports in the media.
On September 11, 2008, the Oriental Morning Post published the news that 14 infants in Gansu suffered from kidney disease suspected to be caused by drinking Sanlu milk powder. It named Sanlu milk powder for the first time and linked it to children with kidney disease. It revealed the media exposure of melamine incidents.prologue.
On September 12, 2008, the investigation team dispatched by AQSIQ confirmed that infant formula milk powder contaminated by melamine can cause urinary stones in infants.On the same day, the Shijiazhuang Municipal Government announced that the infant milk powder produced by the Sanlu Group was caused by criminals adding melamine in order to meet the standards in the raw milk purchase process.
On January 22, 2009, the Intermediate People's Court of Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province pronounced the verdict of the first instance, and Tian Wenhua, former chairman of Sanlu, was sentenced to life imprisonment.
The first time: In 2011, the sentence was changed from life sentence to 19 years
On June 13, 2011, the executive organ, Hebei Provincial Women's Prison, put forward a proposal to commute the sentence.The Hebei Provincial High Court found out that the criminal Tian Wenhua showed repentance during his sentence, and his sentence could be commuted. His sentence was reduced to 19 years in prison, and his deprivation of political rights was changed to 6 years (the sentence will end on November 3, 2030.).
The second time: In 2014, the sentence was commuted to one year and nine months
According to the (2014) Shi Xing Zhi Zi No. 01119 ruling, the criminal Tian Wenhua was sentenced to one year and nine months of imprisonment, and the deprivation of political rights remained unchanged for six years.
At that time, the Hebei Provincial Women's Prison made a special statement in response to media reports, saying that commutation should be carried out in accordance with laws and regulations.
The third time: In 2016, the sentence was commuted for one and a half years
At the end of 2016, the China Judgment Documents Network released the (2016) Ji 01 Xing Geng No. 3895 ruling. The ruling shows that the criminal Tian Wenhua, female, was born in Zhengding County, Hebei Province on October 1, 1942. Han nationality, university education, now HebeiProvincial Women's Prison.
On July 18, 2016, the executive organ, Hebei Provincial Women's Prison, put forward a proposal for commutation and submitted it to the court for trial.The Hebei Provincial Women’s Prison proposed that the criminal Tian Wenhua has pleaded guilty and repented since serving his sentence, conscientiously abided by the laws, regulations and prison rules, and accepted education and reform; actively participated in ideological, cultural and technical courses, completed the labor tasks well, and showed outstanding repentance.He was awarded 2 times for meritorious service and 5 times for commendation. In 2014 and 2015, he was rated as a prison reform activist.
The People's Procuratorate of Shijiazhuang Hebei Central South Region has no objection to the commutation of criminal Tian Wenhua's sentence.In the end, the court ruled that Tian Wenhua's fixed-term imprisonment will be reduced to one year and six months, and the deprivation of political rights for six years will remain unchanged.The sentence is from November 4, 2011 to August 3, 2027.
