Australia will send a special envoy to Laos as it investigates the methanol poisoning deaths of two teenagers. The foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, announced the appointment on Thursday after the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade apologised earlier this week for not providing more information to the victims’ families. Seasoned diplomat Pablo Kang has been asked to “explore all avenues to progress the case” of the 2024 deaths of Holly Morton-Bowles and Bianca Jones in Laos. The 19-year-olds from Melbourne’s Bayside were backpacking through the south-east Asian nation in late 2024 when they were fatally poisoned with methanol while
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