There have been more arrests over the methanol poisoning deaths of two young Australians in Laos. Eight Vietnamese staff members from the Nana Backpackers hostel in the tourist town of Vang Vieng were arrested last week and the hostel was shut down.

The mother of a British lawyer who died of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos has described her race from the UK to be by her daughter’s side as she underwent brain surgery.

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Twelve individuals, including 2 Indians, were arrested in Laos after a methanol poisoning incident that killed 6 tourists. The factory producing Tiger Vodka and Whiskey was shut down and its owner arrested.

Three more staff members at the Nana Backpackers Hostel have been arrested following what is believed to be a mass methanol poisoning incident after the death of six people, including Australian teenagers Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles.

The venue is situated outside the capital city Vientiane and is understood to have been making Tiger Vodka and Tiger Whiskey.

Three more staff members from a hostel have been taken into custody after six tourists died from potentially tainted drinks.