Cyanide poisoning suspected in six deaths at Bangkok hotel

Authorities appear eager to ensure the six deaths do not affect Thailand’s key tourism sector. Thai police suspect cyanide was administered by one of six foreigners whose bodies were found in an upmarket Bangkok hotel. “We found cyanide in the teacups – all six cups we found cyanide,” Trirong Phiwpan, commander of the Thai police forensic division, said at a news conference. “After staff brought tea cups and two hot water bottles, milk and teapots, … one of the six introduced cyanide.” The dead have been identified as two United States citizens with Vietnamese roots and four Vietnamese nationals with their ages ranging from 37 to 56. “We are convinced that one of the six people found dead committed this crime,” said Noppasil Poonsawas, deputy chief of the Bangkok police.