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% @' ^! a, b: i Z! n: Wwww.tvboxnow.com 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.$ M0 t1 l& e+ [
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.www.tvboxnow.com Z) H) H; D- ^; |; Y% P# I- K3 H
; ^3 G* r* p8 V. dwww.tvboxnow.comGelsemium elegans is a toxic plant indigenous to southeastern Asia well known among hill tribes as an effective means for committing suicide.
4 p8 t* f; \& o/ {) atvb now,tvbnow,bttvbEating just a few leaves can cause convulsions and prove fatal.
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( A2 O& p1 H4 J公仔箱論壇Yet 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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In the 18th century it was administered as an analgesic and recent pharmacological studies have supported that use.. |' w* X) w& k8 V5 _* A' K
It has also been suggested Gelsemium elegans has anti-inflammatory and anti-tumour effects.www.tvboxnow.com+ A0 A. C& }6 r- `- Q' a: D
( s% O% \- H4 z& h: uThe herb is widely distributed in the north and south of China.9 o t$ e @7 I8 p- L' 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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