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Two stand trial for illegal vaccine trade in east China

Xinhua, December 9, 2016 Adjust font size:

Two people stood trial Friday for allegedly selling vaccines without a license in east China's Shandong Province, according to a local court.

Defendant Pang Hongwei was accused of illegally purchasing and selling vaccines, such as rabies vaccines, between June 2013 and April 2015, according to a statement from the intermediate people's court of Jinan City, capital of Shandong.

Pang improperly stored the vaccines she bought, and she earned 74 million yuan (10.9 million U.S. dollars) in sales income, according to the statement.

In 2009, Pang was sentenced to three years in prison with a five-year probation period for the same crime she was in court for this week.

The other defendant Sun Qi, Pang's daughter, assisted her mother and has been implicated in the sale of vaccines worth over 42 million yuan.

The pair pled guilty. The court has adjourned to decide on the pair's sentences. Endi