BEIJING -- 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 here Friday.

Tian Wenhua, the former chairwoman and general manager of Sanlu Group, stands trial on Dec 31, 2008. [Xinhua]
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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.