Australian officials are now pressing Laotian authorities for a full and transparent investigation into what happened.

A second young Australian tourist died in a Thai hospital on Friday, bringing the death toll related to suspected methanol poisoning during a night out in a Laos backpacker hotspot to six. Two Danish citizens, an American and a Briton have also died after what media described as a night…

Laotian police have detained the manager and owner of a hostel after two Australian tourists were poisoned by tainted alcohol, one fatally, in a case that appears to have claimed the lives of at least five people including British tourist Simone White.

The death of Holly Bowles brings the confirmed toll to six.

A second Australian tourist has died after drinking alcohol that was laced with methanol in Vang Vieng, Laos. That brings the total number of deaths to six, NOS reports. A Dutch woman who became ill has since left the hospital.

The cluster of methanol poisoning cases has sent shock waves around the world and raised concerns about the dangers of drinking in parts of South-East Asia.

The parents of a lawyer British lawyer killed in Laos in what's thought to be a 'mass methanol poisoning' have paid tribute to their "loving daughter".

The Laos government said on Saturday (Nov 23) that it was "profoundly saddened" by the deaths of foreign tourists in Vang Vieng, with the toll from a suspected methanol poisoning incident now at six. Two Danish citizens, an American, a Briton and two Australians have now died after being rushed to hospital

Six tourists - two Australians, two Danes, a Briton and an American - have died in the incident so far in Vang Vieng, a town in Laos popular with backpackers.