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On Saturday, 18 July, the Lao authorities stated that they could not establish the cause of the deaths of six tourists attributed in 2024 to alcohol
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On Saturday, 18 July, the Lao authorities stated that they could not establish the cause of the deaths of six tourists attributed in 2024 to alcohol. The Lao authorities recalled, based on information provided by the Australian Embassy and a Thai hospital, that "methanol had been detected in the blood of the two deceased Australian tourists". Video In Laos, six tourists die after drinking methanol-frozen alcohol "The Ministry of Health's Food and Drug Research Centre has found an excessive presence of methanol in the Tiger vodka," the ministry added.
Furthermore, The owner and ten employees of the youth hostel in which the American tourist was staying were also charged with "destruction of evidence" after transporting his body to the hospital. Laos says he can't relate the deaths of tourists to adulterated alcohol. The statement indicated that the Ministry of Health's food and medicine research center detected "excessive presence of methanol in the Tiger vodka", but did not relate it to the six deaths.
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On Saturday, 18 July, the Lao authorities stated that they could not establish the cause of the deaths of six tourists attributed in 2024 to alcohol.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe Lao authorities recalled, based on information provided by the Australian Embassy and a Thai hospital, that "methanol had been detected in the blood of the two deceased Australian tourists".
reliability low1/2 sourcesVideo In Laos, six tourists die after drinking methanol-frozen alcohol "The Ministry of Health's Food and Drug Research Centre has found an excessive presence of methanol in the Tiger vodka," the ministry added.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe owner and ten employees of the youth hostel in which the American tourist was staying were also charged with "destruction of evidence" after transporting his body to the hospital.
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Laos says he can't relate the deaths of tourists to adulterated alcohol.
according to Channel News Asia +2The owner and 10 employees of the hostel where the American tourist was staying have also been charged with "destruction of evidence" after transporting his body to the hospital.
according to Channel News AsiaThe owner and 10 hostel staff where the American tourist was staying were charged with "destruction of evidence" after transporting the body to the hospital.
according to Notícias ao Minuto — Mundo +1The statement indicated that the Ministry of Health's food and medicine research center detected "excessive presence of methanol in the Tiger vodka", but did not relate it to the six deaths.
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omitted byLeft sidecovered byCenterRight side"To date, the authorities do not yet have any evidence to establish whether the deaths of the five tourists have been caused by the..
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