Bangkok hotel deaths: Vietnamese PM urges citizen protection
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 17 asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) to closely coordinate with the Thai side in investigation and citizen protection after the deaths of four Vietnamese nationals in a hotel in Bangkok.
The four Vietnamese nationals, together with two others of Vietnamese origin, are found dead in the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel on July 16. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 17 asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) to closely coordinate with the Thai side in investigation and citizen protection after the deaths of four Vietnamese nationals in a hotel in Bangkok.
In an official dispatch sent to the MoFA, the Ministry of Public Security, and the Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand, the PM said the four, together with two others of Vietnamese origin, were found dead in the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel on July 16.
The foreign ministry was asked to protect the legal and legitimate rights and interests of the Vietnamese citizens, handle foreign relation matters with Thailand, and provide updates on the case for the media and the public.
The PM also urged the Ministry of Public Security to coordinate with relevant sides in the investigation work per request from Thailand, and give information about the victims’ relatives to the MoFA in service of citizen protection.
The ambassador needs to instruct the embassy to keep tabs on the case, make timely reports on its developments and public opinions, carry out citizen protection measures, and visit the bereaved families and help them with necessary procedures.
Medics at the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital of Thailand on July 17 confirmed that the six died of cyanide poisoning.
They said the six deaths appeared to have occurred about 12 to 24 hours before police arrived on the scene.
The bodies showed traces of the rapid-acti🔥ng chemical and had purple lips, indicating a lack of oxygen, a Chulalongkorn Hospital representative told reporters, adding more tests are being conducted./.
Medics at the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital of Thailand on July 17 confirmed that the four Vietnamese and two Americans found dead in the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel in Bangkok died from cyanide poisoning.
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Debt issues are the motive behind the crime that killed six foreign nationals, including two carrying US passports and four Vietnamese, at Grand Hyatt Hotel in Bangkok's Pathun Want district, Thai police said at a press briefing on July 17.
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