SIMONE White is the fifth tourist to have passed away after allegedly drinking free shots laced with deadly methanol during a holiday in Laos.  The British lawyer was among several

Simone White, from Orpington, Kent, was one of a number of people taken to hospital after the incident in the popular backpacking town of Vang Vieng in Laos last week

A British lawyer who is among six tourists to have died from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos has been remembered by her family as a much loved woman who had a “spark for life”. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.