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: _) u, b6 w0 l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.
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2 O; W* \- w0 i( T; ?公仔箱論壇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.
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; Q4 v! u& p' q+ T' bGelsemium 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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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! p. b; o- I( o8 {2 \
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In the 18th century it was administered as an analgesic and recent pharmacological studies have supported that use.
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8 ~ m# O- C& o8 _2 U, J公仔箱論壇The herb is widely distributed in the north and south of China.. Q1 J7 E- F; ?2 _( U& z) y
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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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