Beware the cat stew, and not just because it's made of cat.5.39.217.76, w* ^1 @+ e) M" v' ?
* o' r1 P4 _- S" M1 |% D, M$ l" x6 o5.39.217.76 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.
- h2 S4 J: b9 f q5.39.217.76公仔箱論壇 w! m2 Q8 X3 z7 E+ ~7 X, V
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。8 b A% k& s$ ~) y9 x0 n/ H4 B
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.公仔箱論壇7 Z# p' e, N" v' J9 Z
tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ A5 C$ }$ H. {
Gelsemium elegans is a toxic plant indigenous to southeastern Asia well known among hill tribes as an effective means for committing suicide.
5 x' @# M& z3 k$ g) Y公仔箱論壇Eating just a few leaves can cause convulsions and prove fatal.
! u' O+ Y. q' m V* ?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb
- j+ f: d T+ \8 i5 s$ P3 t- m7 }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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 U: d& a1 X$ Q1 D
公仔箱論壇0 a+ Y4 ^; I: i( r; v; ~# q
In the 18th century it was administered as an analgesic and recent pharmacological studies have supported that use.
1 _; h6 @" M7 _' }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。It has also been suggested Gelsemium elegans has anti-inflammatory and anti-tumour effects.公仔箱論壇% w5 i) H3 D! [0 y ?7 K
* `3 ], R6 c- \( j% v& R# B
The herb is widely distributed in the north and south of China.0 a. F- ~8 Z" v
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。1 s, V9 ~* e+ w E6 X; b
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 |
發表於 2012-1-5 01:42 AM
| 
