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Thai ministry saddened as tainted Laos moonshine claims another life
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 25/11/2024
» The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed its condolences after a second Australian teen transferred from Laos to be treated for methanol poisoning after drinking tainted liquor, died on Sunday.
Australian teen dies from tainted liquor in Laos
Reuters, Published on 21/11/2024
» SYDNEY/BANGKOK — An Australian teenager died on Thursday after drinking alcohol contaminated with methanol in Laos, Thai police and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, the fourth foreign national now suspected to have died in the incident.
Toxic booze death toll rises to 8
Post Reporters, Published on 03/09/2024
» Another person has died after drinking methanol moonshine purchased from stalls in northern Bangkok, lifting the toll to eight with six imbibers still in hospital.
House looks to clamp down on moonshine
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/09/2024
» A House committee vetting an alcoholic beverages control bill will discuss with health and excise authorities about measures to address the issue of unregulated herbal moonshine (ya dong).
Duo linked to deadly moonshine arrested again
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 30/08/2024
» Two brothers who supplied methyl alcohol to a moonshine maker in Min Buri have been apprehended in Ayutthaya in a case linked to the poisoning deaths of six people.
More moonshine deaths, investigation widens
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/08/2024
» Two more deaths have taken the toll in Bangkok’s moonshine methanol scare to six, as investigators widen their search for those producing and selling the deadly rotgut beyond the city's northern suburbs.
Deadly moonshine liquor claims fourth victim
Online Reporters, Published on 27/08/2024
» Two deadly ingredients, methanol and isopropanol, have been found in samples of the illegal liquor that has now claimed the lives of four people in Bangkok who bought it from street stalls over the weekend.
Moonshine methanol death toll rises in Bangkok
Post Reporters, Published on 26/08/2024
» The death toll of people consuming moonshine methanol rose to two as two siblings were arrested for producing and distributing the illicit liquor in northern Bangkok.
Moonshine methanol hospitalises 20, kills 1 in Bangkok
Post Reporters, Published on 25/08/2024
» Authorities shut down 18 moonshine shops in six districts after one man died and 20 more were hospitalised due to methanol intoxication in Min Buri district on Saturday night.
Malaysian 'king of fake liquor' caught in Bangkok
Online Reporters, Published on 20/11/2019
» A 63-year-old Malaysian man dubbed "David, king of fake liquor" has been arrested in a car park at a Bangkok shopping mall and admitted to having produced counterfeit foreign whisky for more than 30 years, according to police.