Police have referred to prosecutors the case of a father who campaigned over the 2008 melamine milk contamination. Zhao Lianhai, whose own child was made ill by the melamine contamination, is accused of trying to provoke social disorder. He has been detained by police since November. Chinese officials have since banned independent reporting on the latest toxic food scandal involving the chemical blamed for the deaths of six babies in 2008.
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