Elderly couple dies after eating poisonous pufferfish in Malaysia: Daughter demands stronger laws to prevent similar incidents
The pair did not realise exactly what they’d bought and paid for the mistake with their lives.
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The pair did not realise exactly what they’d bought and paid for the mistake with their lives.
A couple in Malaysia, both in their 80s, have died after consuming at least two pufferfish, a protein often considered a highly expensive delicacy.
KLUANG: The husband of an 83-year-old woman, who died from pufferfish poisoning last month, had asked about her shortly before he himself passed away, says their daughter.
GEORGE TOWN: After a pufferfish is gutted and descaled, it is indistinguishable from other types of fish, says Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies (Cemacs) director Prof Datuk Dr Aileen Tan.
The man's condition improved before it deteriorated.