Not as bad as the food and drug administration guy who was executed. While here in Canada, the worst we do to the worst criminals is lock them up and maybe take away their TV privileges… maybe.

China toy boss kills self after recall – Yahoo! News
Zhang Shuhong, who co-owned Lee Der Industrial Co. Ltd., killed himself at a warehouse over the weekend, days after China announced it had temporarily banned exports by the company, the Southern Metropolis Daily said.

Lee Der made 967,000 toys recalled earlier this month by Mattel Inc. because they were made with paint found to have excessive amounts of lead. The plastic preschool toys, sold under the Fisher-Price brand in the U.S., included the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters.

It was among the largest recalls in recent months involving Chinese products, which have come under fire for globally for containing potentially dangerous high levels of chemicals and toxins.

And on another topic of toy recalls, here is the link for the Thomas the Tank Engine recall.