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Susie Beever

Couple die just hours after frying and eating poisonous pufferfish for lunch

An elderly couple have died after eating poisonous pufferfish as their family call for tougher laws on serving the dish.

Ng Chuan Sing and his wife Lim Siew Guan, from Malaysia, died hours after tucking into the controversial delicacy, the cooking of which is governed by strict laws in some countries due some parts being highly toxic.

Officials in the state of Johor believe the couple, in their early eighties, unknowingly purchased at least two pufferfish from an online vendor on March 25.

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