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Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Singapore Asia Pacific World Search Search: Money for tainted milk victims not enough: lawyers By GILLIAN WONG,Associated Press Writer AP - 1 hour 2 minutes ago BEIJING - Lawyers for the families of Chinese children sickened by tainted milk said Sunday that a compensation plan announced recently would likely be inadequate and lacked transparency, though they cautiously welcomed any move to help victims. The Dairy Industry Association said 22 dairy producers would make a one-time cash payment to the families of at least six babies who died and the 294,000 other children who suffered kidney and urinary problems from drinking infant formula contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine, the official Xinhua News agency reported Saturday. They will also establish a fund to cover medical bills for future health problems, although it did not disclose an amount, Xinhua said. Calls to the association rang unanswered Sunday. "Previously we didn't see any hope of the families being compensated, but now we do," Chang Boyang, a Henan-based lawyer who has provided legal assistance to families of children who became ill, told The Associated Press by phone. Some families have already received 2,000 yuan ($290), Beijing attorney Xu Zhiyong said. Lawyers have said they heard that most children who suffered kidney stones from the tainted milk would get 2,000 yuan while seriously sickened children would be paid 30,000 yuan ($4,380). "We think this compensation is insufficient and is an injustice," Xu wrote on his blog. He said the families of sickened children should have been consulted before payouts were awarded. "This is a plan that has been imposed upon the victims and does not fundamentally solve the problem," Xu said. "There is still no justice and no responsibility." The compensation issue is highly sensitive. Chinese courts have rejected all claims filed by the victims' families, including a group lawsuit filed this month by Xu and five other lawyers representing 63 defendants. The group was seeking nearly 14 million yuan ($2 million) in compensation from state-owned Sanlu Group Co., the dairy at the center of the scandal. The court said it could not accept the case until the government completed its investigations into the scandal. An activist lawyers' group, of which Xu is a member, vowed to push on with separate legal claims. "We will continue to strive to have the tainted milk powder issue brought under the rule of law," the group said in a notice posted on the Web site of the group, the Open Constitution Initiative. The scandal caused outrage in China, particularly among parents who felt the government breached their trust by certifying the tainted infant formula as safe. The crisis highlighted a widespread practice among dairy suppliers who watered down the milk they bought from farmers and then added melamine to it to artificially boost its protein levels. The tainted milk was then sold to dairy companies. ___ Associated Press researcher Henry Hou contributed to this report. ___ On the Net: Xu Zhiyong's blog: http://blog.sina.com.cn/xuzhiyong Open Constitution Initiative: http://www.gongmeng.cn Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article Average (0 votes) Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: Business Money for tainted milk victims not enough: lawyersAP - 1 hour 1 minute ago S.Korea KDB agrees to Daewoo shipyard sale delayReuters - 1 hour 5 minutes ago SNAPSHOT - Financial Crisis - 0600 GMTReuters - 1 hour 30 minutes ago Satyam defers board meeting, mulls governance stepsReuters - 1 hour 54 minutes ago Panasonic Electric to shut 3 plants, cut 800 jobsReuters - Sunday, December 28 Most Popular – Business Viewed Actress Jennifer Aniston appears naked in GQ magazine Stars of Hollywood, high-tech open wallets for Obama party Tough times seen ahead for British, Japanese economies Funeral of Guinea strongman as junta tightens grip Australian 'mummy smuggler' arrested in Cairo View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular

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