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Eight Laos hostel staff held over suspected methanol poisoning deaths | Laos

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Laos’ta bir sırt çantalı hostelinde altı turistin metanol zehirlenmesi sonucu ölümünden sonra, polis Vang Vieng’deki bir hostel yöneticisini ve yedi personelini gözaltına aldı. Olayla ilgili soruşturma devam ediyor ve tutuklananların hepsi Vietnam vatandaşı. Metanolla kirlenmiş alkolün ölümlere neden olduğu düşünülüyor ve İngiltere ve Avustralya makamları vatandaşlarını Laos’ta alkol tüketirken metanol zehirlenmesine karşı uyarıyor. Vang Vieng, Laos’un turizme kapılarını açmasından bu yana Güneydoğu Asya sırt çantalı gezgin rotasında yer almaktadır. Başlangıçta alkol ve uyuşturucuyla dolu orman partileriyle ünlüydü, ancak daha sonra bir ekoturizm destinasyonu olarak yeniden konumlandı. Laos hükümeti ise ölenlerin ailelerine içten taziyelerini iletti ve olayın nedenini bulmak için bir soruşturma başlatıldığını belirtti.
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Kaynak: www.theguardian.com

Police in Laos have detained the manager and seven staff of a backpacker hostel in Vang Vieng following the deaths of six tourists from suspected methanol poisoning, state media reported on Tuesday.

Two Danish citizens, an American, a Briton and two Australians died after what media said was a night out in the town on 12 November.

Police have detained the 34-year-old manager of the Nana backpacker hostel and seven other employees for interrogation, the Laos Post said on Tuesday.

Local media reported that all those detained were Vietnamese nationals.

Vang Vieng has been a fixture on the south-east Asia backpacker trail since Laos’ secretive communist rulers opened the country to tourism decades ago.

The town was once synonymous with alcohol and drug-fuelled jungle parties for backpackers but has since re-branded as an eco-tourism destination.

Alcohol tainted with methanol is suspected to be the cause of the deaths.

Methanol is a toxic alcohol that can be added to liquor to increase its potency but can cause blindness, liver damage and death.

On their travel advice websites, UK and Australian authorities have warned their citizens to beware of methanol poisoning while consuming alcohol in Laos.

On Saturday the Laos government expressed “sincere sympathy and deepest condolences to the families of the deceased”, adding an investigation was under way to find the cause of the incident.

Eight Laos hostel staff held over suspected methanol poisoning deaths | Laos
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