Beware the cat stew, and not just because it's made of cat.
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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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; O$ p" R, e6 o7 pTVBNOW 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。Police say Huang and Long had economic disputes.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。/ U8 I/ ]" j9 e7 _' v4 ^
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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' g1 t3 }; e& d1 ^4 [os.tvboxnow.comGelsemium elegans is a toxic plant indigenous to southeastern Asia well known among hill tribes as an effective means for committing suicide.* g+ }/ C, ^& G% V
Eating just a few leaves can cause convulsions and prove fatal.公仔箱論壇% P" u- l7 I$ E$ h1 \( K& m# P) _
! Z- w; X4 h0 h. B* btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbYet despite containing poisonous alkaloids, it is also still used in Chinese medicine to treat skin ulcers and increasingly being used in the mainstream.
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# P6 A, t' Y e R+ a# VIn the 18th century it was administered as an analgesic and recent pharmacological studies have supported that use.os.tvboxnow.com! J& n- R5 A% U P
It has also been suggested Gelsemium elegans has anti-inflammatory and anti-tumour effects.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。% d0 J1 h5 i$ s+ T# u
! I) v- Y! j, w. W公仔箱論壇The herb is widely distributed in the north and south of China.
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+ D/ \) {" A. q, f7 o X* ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 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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