Jakarta,
March 28, 2013 (Antara)- Several inhabitants of Sao Village, Mentawai Island,
West Sumatra Province, must be overjoyed when they found a 75-kg sea
turtle being stranded in a beach.
They cooked the turtle and distributed its meat to their relatives and
neighbors on March 24, 2013. Unfortunately, "the party" turned into a
tragedy when several people started to fall ill after eating the turtle
meat.
Four children aged between four to 11 years old died and 148 people
fell ill and had to be treated in nearby hospitals suspectedly due to
the turtle meat poisoning, Warta Siritoitet of the Mentawai health
office, said in Mentawai District on March 27, 2013.
