New Zealand citizen poisoned by tainted alcohol in Laos returns home


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  • Monday, 25 Nov 2024

FILE PHOTO: Vang Vieng in Laos, July 18, 2022. REUTERS/ File Photo

(Reuters) -A New Zealand citizen poisoned after drinking contaminated alcohol in a popular tourist town in Laos has returned home, authorities said on Monday, as Laos pledged to prosecute those responsible for the incident which has killed six tourists.

"The New Zealand Embassy in Bangkok has been providing assistance to one New Zealander who we believe to have been poisoned with methanol in Laos. They have now departed Laos and returned home," a New Zealand foreign ministry spokesperson said by email, without providing further details on the person.

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