Founder of Chinese Health Company Quanjian Arrested After Cancer Case Sparks Outcry

Founder of Chinese Health Company Quanjian Arrested After Cancer Case Sparks Outcry
A traditional Chinese medicine practitioner (2nd-R) advises a client (R), as two others work at a counter inside a Chinese medicine shop in Hong Kong on July 7, 2018. Vivek Prakash/AFP/Getty Images
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SHANGHAI—Chinese authorities have arrested the founder and more than a dozen others at a local traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) firm after the death of a young girl with cancer was linked to the company and sparked anger online.

Authorities in the Chinese port city of Tianjin had said in December that they were investigating TCM firm Quanjian Group over allegations, including false marketing.