A man who exposed the corruption of the former drug chief was
declared innocent and received 24,000 yuan (US$3,175) compensation
after being detained for 10 months, Legal Daily reported
today.
Zhang Zhijian, a researcher of a Hainan medicine company, copied
and pasted a post on Websites in March 2006 which exposed the
illegal relationship between Zhejiang Kangliyuan Investment Group,
former drug-chief Zheng Xiaoyu and former senior drug official Cao
Wenzhuang.
Kangliyuan later reported to Haikou police, alleging that
Zhang's behavior hurt the company's reputation.
Zhang was detained from April 26, 2006 to February 6, 2007, when
the local prosecutor's office withdrew the accusation after finding
new evidence and released him on bail. On April 12, Haikou police
dismissed the case, the report said.
Zheng, former director of China's State Food and Drug
Administration, was executed on July 10 for taking 6.49 million
yuan in bribes and dereliction of duty.
Zheng sought benefits for eight pharmaceutical companies,
including Kangliyuan, by approving their drugs and medical devices
during his tenure from June 1997 to December 2006.
Cao, former head of the drug registration department of the
administration, was handed a suspended death sentence by the
Beijing Municipal No. 1 Intermediate People's Court earlier this
month.
(Shanghai Daily July 23, 2007)