Beware the cat stew, and not just because it's made of cat.. I- E: P0 p! u% m2 c' @8 E; 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.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。+ Z& }" a: p. G. j& m
" F; R6 i( Z W2 e3 jPolice say Huang and Long had economic disputes.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 B: C" i$ R3 r* k
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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9 p; q4 \( d9 a* j9 q* m) m公仔箱論壇Gelsemium elegans is a toxic plant indigenous to southeastern Asia well known among hill tribes as an effective means for committing suicide.
3 _$ h# S' M( z1 t6 {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbEating just a few leaves can cause convulsions and prove fatal.
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' }" N/ P2 C6 a4 h* U \6 S2 sYet 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% X) N6 A' L+ B
! `5 c4 F9 `# t- I3 |# @ z! f4 t$ O5 aos.tvboxnow.comIn the 18th century it was administered as an analgesic and recent pharmacological studies have supported that use.
% G% ^* y# J: Y( m1 n8 I SIt has also been suggested Gelsemium elegans has anti-inflammatory and anti-tumour effects.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。6 b X. |8 ^1 w6 X% [& C& o# T
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The herb is widely distributed in the north and south of China.
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* Q& N( }4 y6 f( w 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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