Beware the cat stew, and not just because it's made of cat.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# H& _" J) t8 j0 Q
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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.( w z) P$ U7 d
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Police say Huang and Long had economic disputes.
" s* B9 V( _* g5 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 W; r; L0 @: g
# y* l+ B5 G# r0 J( V- y% [+ wTVBNOW 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。Gelsemium elegans is a toxic plant indigenous to southeastern Asia well known among hill tribes as an effective means for committing suicide.
: Y: t- r" s* T1 `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbEating just a few leaves can cause convulsions and prove fatal.
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9 h; r5 j3 P5 }0 ~+ K' jYet despite containing poisonous alkaloids, it is also still used in Chinese medicine to treat skin ulcers and increasingly being used in the mainstream.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。7 t$ X1 f6 f+ ~6 B. U# y; c- y! A
3 Z+ C6 N2 F; g+ I公仔箱論壇In the 18th century it was administered as an analgesic and recent pharmacological studies have supported that use.5.39.217.764 T2 o% i* q/ O$ d/ i* y* N
It has also been suggested Gelsemium elegans has anti-inflammatory and anti-tumour effects.公仔箱論壇7 a. z' Y5 n" q. u( F9 Z
2 F6 t6 N* l7 z c) r6 ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe herb is widely distributed in the north and south of China.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: p4 O$ \7 j1 f: g
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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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