Breaking : Thai media reporting that six bodies have been found in a luxury hotel in central Bangkok. They are believed to be foreigners

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Murder-suicide: 6 Vietnamese deaths linked to 10 million baht debt​

Petch Petpailin

Published: 14:20, 17 July 2024| Updated: 14:21, 17 July 2024
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Following the suspicious deaths of six Vietnamese nationals at a hotel in Bangkok, Thai policediscovered that one of the deceased, a Vietnamese-American woman, allegedly poisoned her friends before committing suicide with the toxin over a 10 million baht debt.

The Metropolitan Police Bureau of Thailand revealed more details of the case in a press conference, today, July 17, following an investigation into the deaths of the six foreigners, whose bodies were discovered last night.

The deceased were identified as American citizens Sherine Chong (56 years old) and Dang Hung Van (55 years old), and Vietnamese nationals Thi Nguyen Phuong Lan (47 years old), Hong Pham Thanh (49 years old), Dinh Tran Phu (37 years old), and Thi Nguyen Phuong (46 years old).

Dang Hung Van and Thi Nguyen Phuong were a married couple. Police questioned their children and found that they invested 10 million baht in a hospital project in Japan with Sherine Chong. The project had not progressed, leading to a dispute over the funds.

The group, initially planning to meet in Japan to resolve the issue, changed their destination to Thailand due to visa problems. It remains unclear whether the other deceased were also investors in the project.

Seven hotel rooms were booked for the group but only six individuals checked in. The seventh person, a sister of one of the deceased, was not involved in the incident.

The individuals checked in on different days between July 14 and 15, later gathering in a room booked under Chong’s name.

Hotel staff reported serving food and tea to the group for the last time at 1.57pm. According to the deputy police chief, a waiter offered to make tea for the guests but Chong refused this. The waiter recalled that she “spoke very little and was visibly under stress.”

The waiter later left the room and no one else is believed to have entered apart from the six inside. Police say there were no signs of a struggle or a robbery.

Police suspect Chong used this opportunity to lace the tea with cyanide, serving it to others before consuming it herself. Police believe her motive was an inability to repay the investment money.

Cyanide was found in all six teacups, as well as in the blood system of one of the deceased and two stainless tumblers.

Searches of their luggage did not uncover any illegal items but a land litigation document dating back to 2022 was found in Chong’s belongings.

One of the victims, Dinh Tran Phu, was a well-known makeup artist in Vietnam with over 15,000 followers on his Facebook page, Phú Gia Gia (I’m Makeup Artist).

https://thethaiger.com/news/nationa...tnamese-deaths-linked-to-10-million-baht-debt

 

[A Singaporean]

Oh really ? Do u think i give a fuck ?

 

[red amoeba]

did they have a last mass orgy before committing suicide?

 

[Aaron carter]

Investigators believe six Vietnamese and American guests who died at a luxury Bangkok hotel were poisoned with cyanide, after traces of the poison showed up in an initial autopsy, Thai authorities said Wednesday.

In a press conference Wednesday, Bangkok Police Lt. Gen. Thiti Sangsawang identified two American dual nationals among the three Vietnamese men and three Vietnamese women who had died. Police said they were between 37 and 56 years old.

Members of the media attend a press conference by the Royal Thai Police in Bangkok on Wednesday.Chanakarn Laosarakham / AFP - Getty Images
Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said that the United States and Vietnamese embassies had been contacted over the deaths, and that the FBI was enroute to investigate, according to The Associated Press.

The bodies were found by a maid Tuesday when the guests failed to check out. The door to the room at the Grand Hyatt Erawan, Bangkok, was locked from the inside. Police, who found traces of cyanide in the tourist’s teacups, a tea flask and the blood of one of the dead men, said there was no sign of a struggle and that a full autopsy report is expected Thursday.

Police interviews revealed that four of the six victims had invested money together and that there may have been a dispute over debt relating to the investment. Noppasin Punsawat, Bangkok's deputy police chief, told a press conference that the investment had been intended to build a hospital in Japan.

Given the personal nature of the situation, Noppasin said the case would likely not affect a conference with Russian Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev set to take place at the hotel later Wednesday. “This wasn’t an act of terrorism or a breach in security. Everything is fine,” he said.

The men and women were last seen alive Monday afternoon when staff brought food and drinks to the room. CCTV footage then showed the six entering the room before closing the door for the last time.

In this photo released by the Royal Thai Police, uneaten meals are left on a table in a room in the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel room where six people were found dead. Royal Thai Police via AP

Police officers stand outside the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel in Bangkok on Tuesday. Chatkla Samnaingjam / AP


Lt. Gen. Trairong Piwpan, chief of the Thai police force’s forensic division, said that police have ruled out a mass suicide because members of the group had arranged activities with guides and drivers. He added that the six bodies were found in different parts of the room, meaning it was unlikely that they had intentionally consumed the poison and waited to die.

In 2023 in Thailand, a serial killer named Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn, also known as “Am Cyanide,” was charged with poisoning 15 people with the deadly chemical, which interferes with the body's ability to absorb oxygen, over a number of years. She killed at least 14 people whom she owed money to with one person surviving, the Associated Press said. She was the nation’s worst serial killer and its first female one.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/...bangkok-vietnamese-americans-hotel-rcna162261

 

[rocket]

Because of $$$ problems

 

[Eisenhut]

Is it piak Tranny but dont pay??

 

[zhihau]

鴻門宴

 

[batman1]

Failed10 million baht investment scheme . The debtor cyanide poisoned the 5 victims (possible creditors) and then cyanide poisoned herself/himself.