The local governor visited the hostel in which some of the victims were staying, promising justice for those responsible.

James Louis Hutson, 57, is one of the three latest people confirmed to have died in Laos following what is suspected - but not confirmed - to be a mass methanol poisoning

A Kiwi tourist believed to have been caught up in a mass methanol poisoning in Laos that has killed multiple people has returned home. Six people have died and others have been violently ill after the suspected poisoning at a popular backpacker town in the Southeast Asian country.