Beware the cat stew, and not just because it's made of cat.
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Police in a town in southern China believe a local billionaire businessman may have been murdered over lunch by eating cat meat in a poisoned stew. The AP says the two men had a business spat and one invited the other to share lunch and talk business. Authorities believe the cat-meat stew was laced with toxins, killing billionaire Hunag Guang. His associate was taken into custody.
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Police say Huang and Long had economic disputes.
9 a! Q: S. B' C0 y6 o( C' vHuang, deputy director of agriculture in Guangdong's Bajia township, is suspected of poisoning the hotpot with the herb Gelsemium elegans, according to a statement on the microblog of the investigating police.
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Gelsemium elegans is a toxic plant indigenous to southeastern Asia well known among hill tribes as an effective means for committing suicide.5.39.217.76% O( z: D3 B$ Q0 y0 [3 O- C* _
Eating just a few leaves can cause convulsions and prove fatal.
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Yet despite containing poisonous alkaloids, it is also still used in Chinese medicine to treat skin ulcers and increasingly being used in the mainstream.6 O( q% }! S! h1 H
9 y4 A% m6 X" }( y" |. Q2 g. W" TIn the 18th century it was administered as an analgesic and recent pharmacological studies have supported that use.
$ N. Q1 A6 M/ F% g- b; M) Z, Y& HIt has also been suggested Gelsemium elegans has anti-inflammatory and anti-tumour effects.2 z3 x/ l- f# ^
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Cat meat is a Cantonese delicacy, much to the growing dismay of animal rights advocates in China. In recent years, animal lovers have blocked trucks loaded with thousands of cats bound for Guangdon |
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