Ten people who were convicted and sentenced to jail or death in the lawsuits related to China's milk scandal last year have appealed, said a local court president on Friday.

The 10 people included Tian Wenhua, former chairwoman of Sanlu Group at heart of the scandal who was sentenced to jail for life, and a man named Geng Jinping who was sentenced to death under the conviction of manufacturing and selling toxic food, said Gao Yong, president of the Hebei Provincial Higher People's Court.

(Xinhua News Agency March 6, 2009)