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A scene from ‘Dying to Survive’ which was released just two weeks before the arrest of a man selling overseas cancer medication to patients in China, in an echo of the film’s plot. Photo: Handout
Leniency from China court in Dying to Survive cancer drug case
- Suspended sentence for man whose arrest for selling overseas medication to cancer patients sparked public outcry
- Zhai Yiping was charged two weeks after release of film with similar plot highlighted expense of life-saving drugs
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Updated: 7:59pm, 18 Nov, 2019
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A scene from ‘Dying to Survive’ which was released just two weeks before the arrest of a man selling overseas cancer medication to patients in China, in an echo of the film’s plot. Photo: Handout
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