Drink was 'deliberately' poisoned

CHANGCHUN - A case in which a boy died after drinking a Coca-Cola strawberry beverage has been determined to be an act of spreading poison with intent, police said on Tuesday.

The boy's mother was also poisoned on Nov 28 after they shared a bottle of a strawberry flavored milk beverage made by Minute Maid, a subsidiary of Coca-Cola.

Police in Changchun, Jilin province, later discovered the bottle contained Methomyl and thiodicarb - substances used in pesticides - which had caused the boy's death. The police concluded that the substances must have been put into the beverage intentionally.