Two junior Walmart store managers in China have been arrested as local authorities investigate allegations that the US retailer mislabelled ordinary pork as organic at its scandal-plagued Chongqing city operation.
The deputy manager and head of fresh meat products at a Walmart branch in the south-western Chinese city were arrested earlier this week and another 35 local Walmart staff and contract workers were detained, state media reported on Thursday.
The arrests indicate that in those two cases, prosecutors have enough evidence to bring formal criminal charges. In China, suspects can be held for up to 37 days before being charged or released, although detentions are often arbitrarily extended beyond that period.
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