Gao Rui, 23, a private dealer of the campus cafeteria of
Changchun University, northeast China's Jilin
Province, had been detained because he was found responsible
for Wednesday's poisoning case in the university, said police
sources Saturday.
Police investigations showed Gao put poisonous nitrite into the
salt jar of another dealer Wang Lishan's kitchen on Tuesday night.
Gao confessed he did it for revenge because he had some disputes
with Wang and Wang's business was much better than his.
Altogether 139 college students were sickened after eating
Wang's breakfast food Wednesday morning. They suffered from nausea,
sickness, fever and some fell into coma.
Doctors confirmed the food contained nitrite and the cafeteria
was closed immediately by the local police.
The affected students were soon sent to hospital and received
medical treatment. They were in stable condition now and no
casualties were reported.
(Xinhua News Agency May 23, 2004)
