Tributes have poured in from friends and family of Simone, who have described feeling “devastated” by her death, Chronicle Live reports. Originally from Orpington, Kent, Simone studied law at Newcastle University and was traveling in the backpacking hotspot of Vang Vieng, Laos when she died.

Officials arrested eight hostel workers in Laos on Monday for allegedly poisoning travelers with methanol, according to reports from the Australian Broadcasting Corp.  Tourists reported illnesses

A British lawyer has died after a suspected methanol poisoning that is thought to have killed four others in Laos, south-east Asia. Simone White, 28, from Orpington, south-east London, was among a number of people taken to hospital following the incident in the tourist town of Vang Vieng.

Ms White among six to die after drinking alcohol suspected to have been laced with methanol in the backpacking hotspot Vang Vieng

A New Zealand citizen who fell ill after drinking contaminated alcohol in Laos has returned home following the deaths of six tourists due to supected methanol poisoning. New Zealand’s foreign ministry had earlier reported that one of its citizens fell ill in Laos and was believed to be a victim of the poisoning.

A New Zealander who had fallen ill from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos has now returned home, authorities have confirmed. No other details were given about the tourist, who is among several that fell sick or died in recent weeks after consuming what may have been tainted drinks in Laos.

Simone White, a lawyer from the UK, passed away amid a suspected mass poisoning in Laos, in a case where four other deaths have already been confirmed by local authorities. The post Find out who the British lawyer was who died suspected of poisoning in Laos appeared first on Instafamosos.