A billionaire in Guangdong who died after eating slow-boiled cat meat stew was reportedly poisoned by the local official with whom he was dining. From the BBC:
A police statement said the two were involved in a dispute after Mr Huang allegedly embezzled money from Mr Long.
Mr Huang, an agriculture official in Bajia, took Mr Long, who ran a forestry company, to visit a piece of woodland on 23 December, said the statement.
Afterwards, the two went to a local restaurant to share a local delicacy, slow-boiled cat-meat stew. A friend of Mr Long’s was also present.
Mr Huang is alleged to have added the plant Gelsemium elegans to the cat-meat dish.
Local media say Mr Long was taken to hospital after feeling dizzy and sick, and later suffered a cardiac arrest.
