CaixinChina's brucellosis victims to receive modest $1,115 compensation
Some patients disapprove of 'unclear' proposals in factory negligence case
Local authorities said in December that only 203 people had tested positive for brucellosis antibodies since the leak, but a Caixin investigation later found the scope of the outbreak was much larger. © Caixin
WANG MENGYAO, BAO ZHIMING, and MATTHEW WALSH, Caixin
October 8, 2020 21:59 JST
Most of the more than 3,000 people infected with a potentially lifelong disease due to a state-run factory's negligence are in line to receive modest sums of up to 7,571 yuan ($1,115) in compensation, according to documents sent to victims earlier this month.