28 November 2011 :

China sentenced Liu Xiang to death with two years' reprieve for harming public safety in a tainted pork scandal, China Daily said. An investigation revealed that from 2007 to March 2011, Liu sold over 2,700 kilograms of banned chemical clenbuterol to pork farmers across eight provinces in China, the official state media Xinhua reported. His workshop in Xiangyang city, Henan province, was raided in March.