Laos hostel bosses detained

Laos hostel bosses detained after British backpacker becomes fifth to die in suspected methanol poisoning
Laotian police have detained the manager and owner of a hostel after five backpackers, including British lawyer Simone White, died of suspected methanol poisoning in the riverside party town of Van Vieng.
Reviews Warning Tourists About Potential Methanol Poisoning At Laos Hostel Are Reportedly Being Deleted
Amongst the tourists who tragically lost their lives were American traveller James Louis Hutson, 57, 28-year-old British woman Simone White and two Danish travellers Anne-Sofie Orkild Coyman, 20, and Freja Vennervald Sorensen, 21.
Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers
Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained by local authorities as they investigate the deaths of six foreign tourists from suspected methanol poisoning, according to state-affiliated media in the Southeast Asian country.
Hostel staff detained after 6 tourists' deaths linked to suspected alcohol poisoning in Laos
Police in Laos have detained the manager and seven staff members of a backpacker hostel in Vang Vieng following the deaths of six tourists from suspected methanol poisoning, state media reported Tuesday. Two Danish citizens, an American, a Briton and two Australians died following what media said was a night out in the town on November 12.
Deleted reviews show backpackers tried to warn others about hostel at centre of methanol poisoning scandal
In a series of now deleted Google Reviews obtained by the ABC, backpackers warned about the unfolding disaster at the Nana Backpacker Hostel in Vang Vieng - where at least five of the six people to have died from suspected methanol poisoning were staying.
Eight hostel staff detained in Laos over suspected methanol poisoning deaths
Staff from a backpacker hostel have been detained after six tourists died from suspected methanol poisoning after a night out. View on euronews
British parents fear teen son Lee Bartlett died in Laos hostel in 2019 of methanol poisoning
Parents of a British teen who died in 2019 at the same Laos hostel Australian friends Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles unknowingly drank fatal amounts of methanol believe their son may have been poisoned in the same way.
‘Don’t worry’: Claims Laos hostel staff brushed off dying backpacker
A grieving backpacker has taken it upon himself to try and uncover the truth about a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Vang Vieng that has killed at least six people.
Breakthrough in Laos methanol poisoning with deadly 'source uncovered' after British lawyer among six backpackers killed
Police have arrested the owner of a factory near Vientiane, Laos, after being identified as the source of methanol-poisoned alcohol that killed six foreign tourists. The manufacturing facility, which produced Tiger Vodka and Tiger Whiskey,
Whiskey and vodka factory in Laos shut down after methanol poisoning allegations
It comes after six tourists have died in the country, including a 57-year-old American man, after suspected methanol poisoning.
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Hostel at centre of 'mass methanol poisoning' offered free shots in exchange for good reviews, backpacker claims
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Laos hostel worker started 'massaging' poisoning victim's feet after she had seizure
Six tourists, including a British woman, have died following a suspected methanol poisoning at the Nana Backpackers Hostel, ...