Beware the cat stew, and not just because it's made of cat. H. P3 s5 `% s% B, t# j
1 w: K5 n) k( i ^8 k& K5.39.217.76 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.5.39.217.766 n8 C- |" G: N1 l& f! k
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Police say Huang and Long had economic disputes.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( M' o# y8 r4 c
Huang, 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.5.39.217.764 S3 h9 l3 r y% @1 U
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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.
H: a- S ~3 V" a8 X3 eEating just a few leaves can cause convulsions and prove fatal.公仔箱論壇1 s, H& r8 g5 w7 @
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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.# R+ j: ] A2 D' g' \5 A
- }" U g9 W; ]5.39.217.76In the 18th century it was administered as an analgesic and recent pharmacological studies have supported that use.8 _$ I# l( \1 A$ `4 ?6 e
It 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# ?( E' [$ k/ h2 P/ D0 K1 N& w I
! I, \2 e, o! A" _1 V! m2 Ttvb 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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