Multiple staff from a backpacker hotel at the centre of suspected mass poisoning in Laos which have been arrested by police.

Several members of staff from a hostel in Laos have reportedly been arrested after six tourists died from a suspected mass poisoning.

Two weeks on from the first case of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos, fellow backpackers have been investigating the culprit in lieu of public information from police.

Brit Simone White 28, DanesAnne-Sofie Orkild Coyman, 20, Freja Vennervald Sorensen, 21, American James Louis Hutson, 57, and Australians Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles, both 19, all died

Vang Vieng police have released an update following the deaths of six tourists including Brit Simone White - and confirmed several members of staff at the Nana Backpacker Hostel have been arrested