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Special envoy heads to Laos over poisoning deaths
Australia appointed Pablo Kang as Special Envoy to Laos to seek accountability and transparency after six foreign deaths from methanol poisoning, with outrage over $185 fines, officials said.
- A lack of transparency prompted Australia to send special envoy Pablo Kang to Laos to investigate the 2024 methanol poisoning deaths of two Australian teenagers.
- Ten people were fined just $185 for destroying evidence related to the poisoning that killed the teenagers and four other foreign nationals.
- Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the government conveyed expectations that charges should reflect the seriousness of the tragedy that killed the Australians and others.
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Special Envoy appointed to investigate Laos methanol poisoning deaths
The Australian government has appointed a Special Envoy to drive investigations and transparency into the deaths of two Australians in Laos in 2024.Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, two teenagers from Melbourne, as well as four other foreign nationals, were killed when they drank alcohol tainted with methanol at Nana Backpackers Hostel in Vang Vieng.No one has been held fully accountable for the deaths of the pair, though 10 people were fined $185 …
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