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Whistleblower
Joined: 03 Feb 2007
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 Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:32 pm Post subject: 'Blowfish Poison Behind Two Accidental Deaths on Expressway' |
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I remember there was some incident involving two men who died on the motorway so the police decided to investigate the weird death of two businessmen. Their conclusion is surprising to say the least.
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'Blowfish Poison Behind Two Accidental Deaths on Expressway'
By Kim Rahn
Staff Reporter
Police tentatively concluded the two middle-aged men found dead in a car on the hard shoulder of an expressway in April died from ``accidentally'' ingesting blowfish poison. However, why they took the deadly poison still remains unsolved.
A police officer of Gwangju Police Office in Gyeonggi Province said Sunday that the National Institute of Scientific Investigation informed police that tetrodotoxin was found in their bodies. The institute told the police that the blowfish poison was found in both the victims' bodies, 50-year-old doctor Kim and 48-year-old businessman Park.
The poison was also in the syringe and red ginseng drink bottles found at the scene. Kim bought the poison three days before the death. Considering the circumstances, police tentatively concluded that they took the poison accidentally.
``It is likely that they mistook the blowfish poison for stimulants or energy drink, as they were to play golf for money. We could not find any evidence pointing to murder, and the victims called for help at an emergency center minutes before death, so we believe it was neither suicide nor murder,'' the official said.
``However, it is unclear how Kim, a doctor, mistook the deadly poison, which he had bought only three days ago, for other drugs,'' he said.
Park and Kim, high school alumni who were heading for a golf club in Gangwon Province on April 27, were found dead in Park's car on the side of the highway in Gwangju around 7:40 a.m.
According to CCTV recording, they visited an expressway rest stop at 6:12 a.m. near Gwangju interchange, and Kim got out of the car holding a plastic bag. In a dustbin in the restroom, a plastic bag was found with two bottles of ginseng drink and a syringe. Another two bottles of the same drink were found in Kim's golf bag.
Around 6:30 a.m., Park called an emergency center, saying that he could not breathe and mentioning being poisoned.
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Luna
Joined: 22 Feb 2007
Location: seoul suburbs
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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| ``However, it is unclear how Kim, a doctor, mistook the deadly poison, which he had bought only three days ago, for other drugs,'' he said. |
How can you buy blowfish poison to begin with? (Even if you are a doctor...) |
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Jandar
Joined: 11 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Nominate this for the Darwins. |
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nautilus
Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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| At first i assumed they'd eaten some poisonous raw fish. |
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IMF crisis
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Luna wrote: |
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| ``However, it is unclear how Kim, a doctor, mistook the deadly poison, which he had bought only three days ago, for other drugs,'' he said. |
How can you buy blowfish poison to begin with? (Even if you are a doctor...) |
Due to its ability to inflate, the blowfish has long been held as a natural treatment for erectile dysfunction. |
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Justin Kimberlake
Joined: 20 May 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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Family gave a large envelope to the cops to change the report from "soju" to "blowfish" in order to save family face.
Same place fan death comes from, to save face on alcohol poisoning deaths. |
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aphase
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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| I remember reading somewhere a long time ago that the reason that blowfish is such a delicacy in japan is because it sort of acts upon the body as a drug. If trace amounts of the poison are left in the fish, then it acts upon the nervous system causing some kind of tingling sensations that can be felt through out the body or something like that. I read that japanese business men usually take their mistresses to go eat blow fish and that its really expensive. Maybe that's the the reason the doctor had it in a syringe? It could be that being a doctor, he knew of these effects but just happened to use too much? |
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Whistleblower
Joined: 03 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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I am just curious to know how the police know this isn't a murder. The doctor phoned up and mentioned some form of poisoning but were the doctors murdered? I love the CSI form of policing they have in this country.
"Poison-Sparkled Korean Policing" |
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Luna
Joined: 22 Feb 2007
Location: seoul suburbs
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Luna wrote: |
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| ``However, it is unclear how Kim, a doctor, mistook the deadly poison, which he had bought only three days ago, for other drugs,'' he said. |
How can you buy blowfish poison to begin with? (Even if you are a doctor...) |
Due to its ability to inflate, the blowfish has long been held as a natural treatment for erectile dysfunction. |
Yes. Eating blowfish is popular for that reason (as well as for the thrill).
However, That fails to answer the question. I have no idea how/if disposing of the poison parts of the blowfish is regulated in Korea - but in Japan it's highly regulated.
The article implies that the poison was bought somewhere, as though that's a common occurrence. |
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Whistleblower
Joined: 03 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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| So are you telling me this is the Japanese/Korean equivalent of Viagra? |
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Luna
Joined: 22 Feb 2007
Location: seoul suburbs
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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| aphase wrote: |
| I remember reading somewhere a long time ago that the reason that blowfish is such a delicacy in japan is because it sort of acts upon the body as a drug. If trace amounts of the poison are left in the fish, then it acts upon the nervous system causing some kind of tingling sensations that can be felt through out the body or something like that. I read that japanese business men usually take their mistresses to go eat blow fish and that its really expensive. Maybe that's the the reason the doctor had it in a syringe? It could be that being a doctor, he knew of these effects but just happened to use too much? |
The poison is occasionally used medically to treat cardiac arrhythmias, so there are medical uses.
However the amount that kills you from ingesting the poison is very small. It 25 milligrams for a person weighing 75kg. If it's injected the amount needed to kill someone is just a tiny bit over half a milligram. |
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