HONG KONG — Eight employees of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained for questioning by local authorities investigating the deaths of six foreign tourists from suspected methanol poisoning, local media reported.
Two Australian teenagers, two Danish women, an American man and a British woman have been confirmed dead by their governments.
He and the owner of the hostel, who is also Vietnamese, were also detained for questioning last week, The AP reported.
I was happy to hear that there’s been some movement over in Laos,” Jones’s father, Mark Jones, told reporters at Melbourne Airport.
A New Zealand citizen who was also poisoned by tainted alcohol but survived has returned home, Reuters reported Monday, citing a spokesperson for the New Zealand foreign ministry.
Persons:
Duong Duc Toan, Anupam Nath, Bianca Jones, Holly Bowles, James Louis Hutson, Jones, Bowles, “, there’s, ”, Mark Jones
Organizations:
HONG KONG —, Laotian Times, Associated Press, AP, ”, Melbourne Airport, New Zealand, Reuters, New
Locations:
HONG KONG, Laos, American, British, Vang Vieng, Vientiane, State, Australia, New Zealand, U.S
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