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To: Henry Niman who wrote (39002)3/8/2004 10:55:43 PM
From: lurqer  Read Replies (2) of 89467
 
expect to see similar problems in CA also

Hopefully with a different result.

Bird flu suicides in Japan

Justin McCurry

A poultry farm boss and his wife suspected of covering up a recent outbreak of bird flu in Japan were found hanged yesterday morning. An employee found Hajimu Asada, 67, chairman of the poultry company Nosan Asada, and his wife, Chisako, 64, hanging from a tree near the farm in Himeji, in western Japan.
The police later found a suicide note. "We have caused a great deal of trouble," it said. Mr Asada's firm had been criticised for waiting a week before reporting the deaths of thousands of chickens at the end of last month. The outbreak was uncovered only after local agricultural officials received an anonymous tip-off. Mr Asada, who had faced possible criminal charges, denied attempting to conceal the deaths. But he admitted that the farm had stepped up shipments of live poultry after chickens started dying in huge numbers.

In January, more than 30,000 chickens died in Japan's first outbreak of bird flu for nearly 80 years. That and two subsequent cases were caused by an avian flu virus that has killed 22 people in Vietnam and Thailand and 100m birds in Asia. Although no human infections have been reported in Japan, there are fears that wild birds could spread the disease. Officials confirmed yesterday that the virus had killed two crows found near a farm not far from Mr Asada's.

guardian.co.uk

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