Sandwich kills diplomat in China
31/07/2007 14:57  - (SA)  

China shuts down firms Cardboard-stuffed dumplings? Deadly chemicals found in food Rotten dumplings, anyone?

Beijing - A high-ranking South Korean diplomat has died in China after eating a sandwich, a South Korean official in China and a Seoul-based newspaper said on Tuesday.

Whang Joung-il, 52, the South Korean envoy of political affairs, suffered severe stomach ache and diarrhoea after eating the sandwich from a shop near his office in Beijing Saturday evening, the Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported.

The South Korean embassy confirmed that Whang died on Sunday morning after receiving treatment in a hospital in downtown Beijing.

"Post-mortem was conducted yesterday in the Third Hospital of Beijing and the result will come out in a month," said an official, who declined to be named.

Whang's death comes amid a series of scandals throwing doubt on the safety of food products made in China.

 

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