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Re:YC: Requests for Startups by Animats on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @03:43PM (#39375053)
China sometimes does that. Zheng_Xiaoyu, the head of China's equivalent of the Food and Drug Administration, was caught taking bribes to allow tainted drugs to be sold. He was executed in 2007. [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_Xiaoyu

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Re:YC: Requests for Startups by pests on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @03:59PM (#39375252)
Wow and only 40 days from sentencing to execution
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Re:YC: Requests for Startups by porphyra on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @06:22PM (#39376992)
Say what you want about the death penalty, but it is hard to feel sympathy for a person who, by approving dangerous pharmaceuticals after accepting bribes,

> caused the deaths of over 800 people in Panama from cough syrup that contained diethylene glycol in place of glycerin.

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Re:YC: Requests for Startups by pests on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @07:42PM (#39377674)
I agree, just was commented on the swiftness of the system
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Re:YC: Requests for Startups by cabalamat on Thursday February 15, 2024 @04:48AM (#39380803)
A pity the USA couldn't do the same to Elizabeth Holmes.
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