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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.
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Police say Huang and Long had economic disputes.
. X. U5 T( t7 d& Q) b& R2 SHuang, 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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1 N% L- B( @9 Z% B+ C5 zGelsemium elegans is a toxic plant indigenous to southeastern Asia well known among hill tribes as an effective means for committing suicide.
4 {" e% m0 _9 X' N+ G5 bEating just a few leaves can cause convulsions and prove fatal.2 Q/ y" O8 K Q! l
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! F' k& v" W% M, N+ E0 o; f公仔箱論壇In the 18th century it was administered as an analgesic and recent pharmacological studies have supported that use.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。" B; \8 Z# B/ D+ a3 s2 W
It has also been suggested Gelsemium elegans has anti-inflammatory and anti-tumour effects.) }, V: y& Q% U B7 D o! O) I3 B2 f
* P/ @8 s* z3 Z2 w8 F! c公仔箱論壇The herb is widely distributed in the north and south of China.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" G: P i" {* r; ]. n
$ Z: M4 d( K" r8 Q6 e2 D6 U 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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