News live: Penny Wong says Australia ‘bitterly disappointed’ in Laos poisoning charges as ambassador called in

Australia is bitterly disappointed by the charges laid in Laos over a fatal methanol poisoning, foreign minister Penny Wong says, and the Lao ambassador has been called in, The Guardian reports. The case concerns Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles, who died in November twenty twenty-four after inadvertently drinking alcohol laced with lethal methanol in the town of Vang Vieng. Summoning an ambassador is the standard diplomatic step for a government to formally register its displeasure.

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