Beware the cat stew, and not just because it's made of cat.
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" t- `/ Q3 a2 v/ i+ M 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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; {+ S; H& m2 f6 L- N$ hPolice say Huang and Long had economic disputes.
- m3 a3 L! f7 s& V# {( N" VHuang, 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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Gelsemium elegans is a toxic plant indigenous to southeastern Asia well known among hill tribes as an effective means for committing suicide.
+ g% ]- z9 h" ?$ u8 U公仔箱論壇Eating 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* `- f M/ e8 ?* T! c9 V6 E
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In the 18th century it was administered as an analgesic and recent pharmacological studies have supported that use.
3 Q: q! e- { H7 L; r公仔箱論壇It has also been suggested Gelsemium elegans has anti-inflammatory and anti-tumour effects.
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$ ]5 h7 c8 Q4 u2 S+ W" |2 ^5 e7 P公仔箱論壇The herb is widely distributed in the north and south of China.
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, S( f% J; ?! Q6 v公仔箱論壇 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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