Travel alert level for Laos raised as distillery owner charged

ABC News reports that authorities have raised the travel alert level for Laos, urging tourists to exercise a high degree of caution because of the risk of methanol poisoning. The move comes as a distillery owner has been charged. The warning references the 2024 deaths of Australian women Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles from methanol poisoning.

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