Kindergarten director gets life for feeding kids lead-laced cakes

Li Huifan, the director of a kindergarten in the Chinese city of Tianshui, was sentenced to life imprisonment for poisoning children with lead.

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The kindergarten director, Li Huéifan, was sentenced to life imprisonment.
The crime involved adding toxic art paints to food to enhance its appearance.
The art paints contained lead and were not meant for consumption.
The food items included corn rolls and colorful cakes.
Laboratory tests showed lead levels in the food were 2680 times above the legal limit.
247 out of 251 children had elevated lead levels in their blood.
Other staff members, including the executive director and four cooks, were also sentenced.
The executive director, Zhu Jinglin, received a 15-year prison sentence and a fine of 300,000 yuan.
The four cooks received sentences of six to eight years and fines.
The motive was to increase the kindergarten's popularity and enrollment by making food more visually appealing.
The court's decision was reported by China Central Television (CCTV).
The incident occurred in Tianshui, China.

The case was reported by CCTV on October 18, citing the Lanzhou Intermediate People's Court. — vm
The case was reported by CCTV, citing the Tianshui City Court. — vesti
The cakes were described as three-color date cakes and corn rolls with sausage. — vm
The cakes were described as corn rolls and colored cupcakes. — vesti
The article included a separate unrelated incident about a woman in Germany hospitalized after receiving a bouquet of roses. — vm