Beware the cat stew, and not just because it's made of cat.
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2 R2 i0 E+ m# l/ x/ W. ^0 W5.39.217.76 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.
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7 c( O v% C" n ]2 `7 R) L2 ytvb 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.4 L" p- {4 x" F: W5 m
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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.
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5 }! m, @8 C3 j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.公仔箱論壇 [# P3 _2 y/ ]( [! l8 a
7 J9 h" }* H4 S- g A8 J5.39.217.76In the 18th century it was administered as an analgesic and recent pharmacological studies have supported that use.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' F0 V) X1 y9 ]6 ?1 Y
It has also been suggested Gelsemium elegans has anti-inflammatory and anti-tumour effects.5.39.217.762 f; M) @' i3 ?% Q- y- `9 z
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The herb is widely distributed in the north and south of China.
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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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