Laos methanol poisoning: Hostel owner held by cops over deaths of 5 tourists including Brit

Gabriel Negreanu

A backpacker hostel owner where a group of tourists were staying before five of them died in a suspected poisoning has reportedly been arrested. British lawyer Simone White, from Orpington, Kent, died on Thursday after she fell ill from drinking free shots laced with methanol while in Laos , South East Asia. The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) confirmed they were supporting the 28-year-old’s family following her death. The boss of Nana Backpacker Hostel in the popular tourist

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