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.
+ m5 m+ \* W$ ~tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHuang, 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.5.39.217.76' W+ ?# `3 \& x6 {
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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.- Z$ K. ]* i, B9 o3 r* q! P0 f
Eating just a few leaves can cause convulsions and prove fatal.
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: \& I( a8 ^+ y( i公仔箱論壇Yet despite containing poisonous alkaloids, it is also still used in Chinese medicine to treat skin ulcers and increasingly being used in the mainstream." x" I- g( Y6 U
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In the 18th century it was administered as an analgesic and recent pharmacological studies have supported that use.
! C9 y7 { {' |8 @! u J7 W9 R8 AIt has also been suggested Gelsemium elegans has anti-inflammatory and anti-tumour effects.
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The herb is widely distributed in the north and south of China.
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$ L y6 n& j) y* g- j8 F' k6 U$ `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 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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