It says one of Russia's biggest logging firms, Primorlesprom, is preparing to build a road through the Sikhote-Alin, one of the last untouched forests.

BBC: Last stand for Russia's tigers

Helu Jan Trofin, Alin Alexandru Tofaleanu, Mihai Alexanderu Binta, and Florin Cojocaru, all of Parkhill Road, Smethwick, and Mihai Mihart, of no fixed abode, received custodial sentences.

BBC: Cable theft gang

"I bought enough for a month's supply for my family, " said Alin Song, a trader from Shenzhen who said he made the trip to Hong Kong after reading the news about cadmium.

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