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China court accepts first lawsuit over melamine tainted milk

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-03-25 20:55

SHIJIAZHUANG - A court in north China's Hebei Province officially accepted a compensation lawsuit filed by a tainted milk victim Wednesday.

The Xinhua District Court in Shijiazhuang, the provincial capital, accepted the lawsuit by a parent from Beijing, confirmed Wang Wei, spokesman with the Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court.

Lawyer Peng Jian said the plaintiff demanded a compensation of 31,000 yuan (US$4,538) from Sanlu Group, a Shijiazhuang-based company that was at the center of the scandal.