Beware the cat stew, and not just because it's made of cat.
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U. M+ b& M h7 {5 y4 R公仔箱論壇 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.5.39.217.76, I1 |: m* i! m k
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Police say Huang and Long had economic disputes.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。( R( `. m$ c3 h/ F* u
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.+ _8 O& p4 k. w1 I
3 H( t7 M# h* [2 q: z# p3 L- x5.39.217.76Gelsemium elegans is a toxic plant indigenous to southeastern Asia well known among hill tribes as an effective means for committing suicide.
/ S( B7 Z! N; {, _7 O1 r5.39.217.76Eating 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.( Z+ m$ d; y. l$ J: f) N9 z
% [$ P, w$ |& `6 EIn the 18th century it was administered as an analgesic and recent pharmacological studies have supported that use.公仔箱論壇: w N, z2 H. q# {
It has also been suggested Gelsemium elegans has anti-inflammatory and anti-tumour effects.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ m3 e( Q; j6 G' Y) }
8 ?' ^5 ^# e5 H4 bThe herb is widely distributed in the north and south of China.! g! u$ H+ ]+ u* z$ X! G* e( P, E
/ t* ~% o) c) `4 P2 uTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 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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