An employee of a restaurant in Henan’s Yuzhou has been arrested on suspicion of poisoning as 41 colleagues were simultaneously hospitalized after eating lunch at Macau Doulao on January 10.
According to a Yuzhou police, an 18 year old employee was detained by the police on January 11 after traces of ‘carbofuran’, a pesticide, were found in the food of those who had fallen sick.
At around 18:00 on January 10, the Yuzhou Second People’s Hospital emergency department received 41 patients, all from the same restaurant. Every department had to get involved in treating the patients, whose symptoms couldn’t be pinpointed as any specific illness.
Police began conducting investigations at the restaurant after being called out by the hospital and found that the pesticide was present in the patients’ food. An 18 year old employee, who had been working there less than a month has been arrested although what led the police to the suspect wasn’t reported.
Carbofuran is highly toxic and its use has been banned on many types of vegetables and fruit trees.
Source: Tencent
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possibly he was a scapegoat.... since it says "An 18 year old employee, who had been working there less than a month has been arrested although what led the police to the suspect wasn’t reported." guanxi maybe
Jan 14, 2015 10:46 Report Abuse
Well we all know how competent Chinese police are, so you may be correct.
Jan 14, 2015 17:38 Report Abuse
The "customers" are actually all employees of the restaurant, according to the Chinese article.
Jan 14, 2015 09:10 Report Abuse
'18 Year Old Arrested for Poisoning 41 Restaurant Customers .....after 41 customers' '从澳门豆捞送来中毒者共41名,据她了解,中毒者均为餐厅员工'. [员工] is employees.
Jan 14, 2015 00:29 Report Abuse
Apparently the food wasn't already tainted enough with gutter oil and fake components, so this walking smudge of excrement felt compelled to add pesticide to it. He/she should be used to probe for IED's in Afghanistan.
Jan 13, 2015 22:24 Report Abuse