Chi denies feeding Africa with human flesh

Lusaka, May 18: A top Chinese official has dismissed reports in Zambian media that Beijing has been selling human meat as food in Africa. The reports quoted an unmed Zambian woman living in Chi as warning people to stop buying Chinese corned beef, Xinhua news agency reported. The woman claimed that Chinese beef companies were collecting dead human bodies, mariting them, packing them in tins labelled as corned beef and sending them to Africa. Chinese ambassador to Zambia, Yang Youming, accused people with ulterior motives of trying to destroy the long-standing partnership between Zambia and Chi. “This is completely a malicious slandering and vilification which is absolutely ucceptable to us,” he said. (IANS)