Poisoner sentenced to death, 3 jailed

SHENZHEN: A man was sentenced to death on Monday and three others were punished for their involvement in a food poisoning incident last year that killed two people and put 63 others in hospital in the city in February, local media reported yesterday.

Ke Bizhi was sentenced to death at the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court, while his associate Zhang Zhenhua was given a 15-year jail term as he provided police with information that led to Ke's arrest, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported.

Wang Yingde, who worked for Ke, was given the death sentence with a two-year reprieve, while the scheme's mastermind Zhu Yuanlin got life imprisonment.