Lao government acknowledges mass poisoning deaths as police criticised | ABC News

Lao police are facing criticism over a lack of official information about the deadly mass poisoning in the country’s Vang Vieng, after the government publicly acknowledged the deaths from methanol poisoning for the first time and vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice. Australian women Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles were among six victims of the tragedy involving tainted alcohol.

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