Six Vietnamese Found Dead in Bangkok Hotel Room

[webfact]

Photo courtesy: X@Ittipat_tv via Daily Mail Online

 

Six Vietnamese individuals were discovered dead inside a Bangkok hotel room on Tuesday evening, leading to a police investigation.

 

The tragic episode unfolded at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel in the Pathum Wan district. Officers were alerted to the scene around 5.30 pm and quickly determined that the six victims, three men and three women, had no signs of a struggle.

 

Among the deceased were two Vietnamese-Americans and four Vietnamese nationals. Police found their luggage near the front door, an indication that the group had not just arrived but had settled in. Investigators are currently reviewing closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage and questioning hotel staff and other witnesses to piece together the events leading up to this tragedy.

 

The initial assessment revealed no bruising on the bodies, leading authorities to suspect poisoning as the cause of death. While forensic examinations confirmed the poisoning, it remains unclear whether the act was self-inflicted or if the individuals were victims of foul play. The police have yet to find any poison containers or additional evidence that could provide immediate answers.

 

This incident has left many questions unanswered. According to preliminary media reports, there were erroneous claims about the victims being killed in a shootout, which were quickly debunked following the police's initial findings. As it stands, the focus remains on uncovering the nature of the poisoning and the events leading up to the victims' deaths.

 

The Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel, typically a hive of bustling tourists and business travelers, has been thrust into the spotlight for unfortunate reasons. Authorities are urging anyone with information to come forward as they continue to sift through clues. The Vietnamese community in Bangkok and abroad are in shock, hoping for swift answers to what transpired in room 427.

 

Residents and travellers alike remain tense, awaiting further news. The police have assured a thorough investigation to uncover the truth behind this puzzling tragedy, reported Bangkok Post.

 

-- 2024-07-16

 

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[smedly]

over zealous use of fumagation chemicals perhaps, mysterious hotel deaths exactly like this have happened before 

[BarraMarra]

Already the Authorities are panicking for the potential tourist image according to Sky News. Never mind the deaths there only thinking of the Tourism and will likely come out with the old Mass Suicide. However 2 are American Vietnamese sothe American Embassy will likely want the truth of how they died.  

[daveAustin]

30 minutes ago, webfact said:

Police found their luggage near the front door, an indication that the group had not just arrived but had settled in.

🙄 Don't get that. If settled in, surely it'd be in bedrooms and bureaus?

Tragic. 

[Startmeup]

Where would a shootout rumour come from if there wasn't some basis for it? Seems like an absurd rumour. No drugs mentioned either. Somethings off. Cover up? 

[simon43]

Carbon Monoxide poisoning? Cooking BBQ inside the room?

[proton]

Drugs or fumigation, doubt it could be food

[Lorry]

Bloomberg reported originally that all 6 are Americans of Vietnamese descent. 

"6 Vietnamese dead" certainly is a lot less damage to Thailand than  "6 Americans dead"

 

Bloomberg has now changed it to "4  Vietnamese and 2 Vietnamese with American citizenship" - no real Americans.

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-16/thailand-probes-deaths-of-six-foreigners-at-bangkok-luxury-hotel?srnd=homepage-asia

Edited July 16 by Lorry

[orchis]

 

6 minutes ago, daveAustin said:

🙄 Don't get that. If settled in, surely it'd be in bedrooms and bureaus?

Tragic. 

other sources report the group "was due for check-out today"

[soi3eddie]

All six in one room? No mention of whether it was a suite or apartment or adjoing rooms. Tragic ending.

 

[Kinnock]

2 minutes ago, simon43 said:

Carbon Monoxide poisoning? Cooking BBQ inside the room?

Maybe ... but at the Grand Hyatt you'd think the typical guests would be more likely to call room service than whip out a charcoal BBQ.

 

Police on TV news saying they had all checked out of their rooms, but kept one room for the whole group .... perhaps to rest before a flight.

[Wiggy]

Thai Enquirer mentions Cyanide 😂 . 

[orchis]

2 minutes ago, Lorry said:

2 Vietnamese with American citizenship" - no real Americans.

American citizenship means "real Americans" 🥴

[Lorry]

As for the cause,  Nation  TV reports cyanide poisoning. 

No Thai would ever do that.

It must be suicide. 

 

Srettha was already on the crime scene, as was Torsak, so we can be sure it will be a very thorough and professional investigation. 

[webfact]

6 Vietnamese nationals found dead at hotel in Bangkok
by Petch Petpailin

 

Photo via MGR Online

Six Vietnamese nationals mysteriously died today at a luxury hotel in Bangkok after allegedly drinking tea and coffee mixed with poison. Police believe there may be a seventh Vietnamese but that individual has not been located.

 

The deaths of the six foreigners were reported to the Metropolitan Police Bureau at approximately 7.30pm today, July 16. They were reportedly found lifeless in the same room on the sixth floor of the luxury hotel near the Ratchaprasong intersection.

The name of the hotel has not yet been confirmed, but some news agencies reported that it was the five-star Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel.

 

According to a report on Brick Info TV, they were scheduled to check out today, and all of their belongings were packed up ready to leave.

Several Thai news agencies initially reported that all of the foreigners had died in a shooting. However, police later confirmed that there were no traces of fighting or struggling found at the scene.

 

The Commander of the Investigation Division of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, Teeradate Thammasutee, arrived at the scene at about 8.30pm. Teeradate reported that all of the deceased were Vietnamese nationals, and two of them also held American citizenship.

 

They are identified as below:

 

Sherine Chong (56 years old)

 

Hung Dang Van (55 years old)

 

Thi Nguyen Phuong Lan (47 years old)

 

Hong Pham Thanh (49 years old)

 

Dinh Tran Phu (37 years old)

 

Thi Nguyen Phuong (46 years old)

 

According to Teeradate, police suspected that the victims were poisoned, as leftover tea and coffee were found at the scene. However, officers will transfer the bodies to the Police General Hospital for a thorough autopsy.

 

Regarding the motive for the murders, officers believe it might be related to a business or personal conflict among the deceased. Another possibility is that the deaths were a sacrifice to some cult.

 

The Commissioner of the Royal Thai Police, Torsak Sukvimol, arrived at the scene at about 8.30pm. According to Torsak, each Vietnamese individual arrived in Thailand at different times and entered the country on tourist visas.

 

The investigation into the cause and motive of their deaths continues.

 

More to follow.

 

Source: The Thaiger 2024-07-17

 

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[Lorry]

3 minutes ago, george said:

UPDATE:

 

Six Vietnamese nationals mysteriously died today at a luxury hotel in Bangkok after allegedly drinking tea and coffee mixed with poison. Police believe there may be a seventh Vietnamese but that individual has not been located.

 

The deaths of the six foreigners were reported to the Metropolitan Police Bureau at approximately 7.30pm today, July 16. They were reportedly found lifeless in the same room on the sixth floor of the luxury hotel near the Ratchaprasong intersection.

 

The name of the hotel has not yet been confirmed, but some news agencies reported that it was the five-star Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel.

 

According to a report on Brick Info TV, they were scheduled to check out today, and all of their belongings were packed up ready to leave.

 

Several Thai news agencies initially reported that all of the foreigners had died in a shooting. However, police later confirmed that there were no traces of fighting or struggling found at the scene.

 

The Commander of the Investigation Division of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, Teeradate Thammasutee, arrived at the scene at about 8.30pm. Teeradate reported that all of the deceased were Vietnamese nationals, and two of them also held American citizenship.

 

They are identified as below:

• Sherine Chong (56 years old)

• Hung Dang Van (55 years old)

• Thi Nguyen Phuong Lan (47 years old)

• Hong Pham Thanh (49 years old)

• Dinh Tran Phu (37 years old)

• Thi Nguyen Phuong (46 years old)

According to Teeradate, police suspected that the victims were poisoned, as leftover tea and coffee were found at the scene. However, officers will transfer the bodies to the Police General Hospital for a thorough autopsy.

 

Regarding the motive for the murders, officers believe it might be related to a business or personal conflict among the deceased. Another possibility is that the deaths were a sacrifice to some cult.

 

The Commissioner of the Royal Thai Police, Torsak Sukvimol, arrived at the scene at about 8.30pm. According to Torsak, each Vietnamese individual arrived in Thailand at different times and entered the country on tourist visas.

 

The investigation into the cause and motive of their deaths continues.

More to follow.

 

-- The Thaiger 2024-07-16

 

 

 

As was to be expected,  by now the American citizenship had completely disappeared.

 

The rest will disappear,  too

[orchis]

Just now, soi3eddie said:

All six in one room? No mention of whether it was a suite or apartment or adjoing rooms. Tragic ending.

 

garden villa, 5th floor, 130 sqm. (as identified from pictures)

[kwilco]

34 minutes ago, smedly said:

over zealous use of fumagation chemicals perhaps, mysterious hotel deaths exactly like this have happened before 

here come the Sherlocks!

[kwilco]

18 minutes ago, webfact said:

6 Vietnamese nationals found dead at hotel in Bangkok
by Petch Petpailin

 

Photo via MGR Online

Six Vietnamese nationals mysteriously died today at a luxury hotel in Bangkok after allegedly drinking tea and coffee mixed with poison. Police believe there may be a seventh Vietnamese but that individual has not been located.

 

The deaths of the six foreigners were reported to the Metropolitan Police Bureau at approximately 7.30pm today, July 16. They were reportedly found lifeless in the same room on the sixth floor of the luxury hotel near the Ratchaprasong intersection.

The name of the hotel has not yet been confirmed, but some news agencies reported that it was the five-star Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel.

 

According to a report on Brick Info TV, they were scheduled to check out today, and all of their belongings were packed up ready to leave.

Several Thai news agencies initially reported that all of the foreigners had died in a shooting. However, police later confirmed that there were no traces of fighting or struggling found at the scene.

 

 

The Commander of the Investigation Division of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, Teeradate Thammasutee, arrived at the scene at about 8.30pm. Teeradate reported that all of the deceased were Vietnamese nationals, and two of them also held American citizenship.

 

They are identified as below:

 

Sherine Chong (56 years old)

 

Hung Dang Van (55 years old)

 

Thi Nguyen Phuong Lan (47 years old)

 

Hong Pham Thanh (49 years old)

 

Dinh Tran Phu (37 years old)

 

Thi Nguyen Phuong (46 years old)

 

According to Teeradate, police suspected that the victims were poisoned, as leftover tea and coffee were found at the scene. However, officers will transfer the bodies to the Police General Hospital for a thorough autopsy.

 

Regarding the motive for the murders, officers believe it might be related to a business or personal conflict among the deceased. Another possibility is that the deaths were a sacrifice to some cult.

 

The Commissioner of the Royal Thai Police, Torsak Sukvimol, arrived at the scene at about 8.30pm. According to Torsak, each Vietnamese individual arrived in Thailand at different times and entered the country on tourist visas.

 

The investigation into the cause and motive of their deaths continues.

 

More to follow.

 

Source: The Thaiger 2024-07-17

 

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they missed out politcal activists.

[Ben Zioner]

Maybe an egg sandwich.

[Martin71]

News report on sky news saying all six where found "foaming at the mouth" according to local police...

 

https://news.sky.com/story/thailand-six-people-found-dead-at-hotel-in-bangkok-13178740

Edited July 16 by Martin71
more info

[Lorry]

7 minutes ago, kwilco said:

they missed out politcal activists.

That was my first thought, too.

Thailand isn't safe for dissidents from neighboring countries,  just as neighboring countries are not safe for Thai dissidents. 

[DonniePeverley]

They are Americans.

 

Why has the PM turned up a live crime scene. He never once went to Phuket when they were flooded or said a word regarding it. 

 

It's just tourism and open door immigration for this guy and his cronies. 

[Hummin]

41 minutes ago, Wiggy said:

Thai Enquirer mentions Cyanide 😂 . 

All kind of poison would be physically easy to see. Poisoning is not a nice death that would seem unmarked in any way.

 

Carbon monoxide and dioxides leave no traces thow.

Edited July 16 by Hummin

[GammaGlobulin]

I wonder if the poison used was.....

FENTANYL

?

 

[GammaGlobulin]

55 minutes ago, webfact said:

Another possibility is that the deaths were a sacrifice to some cult.

 

How could this be a possibility?

 

Did they not pack up their belongings, in anticipation of checking out?

 

Also, why are the investigators not wearing HAZMAT suits?

 

=========

But, of course...it's still possible, I guess.

Because...
Remember Heaven's Gate?

These guys, too, packed up all their stuff, in anticipation of traveling to, I recall, some comet, or asteroid, or something...

 

 

 

Edited July 16 by GammaGlobulin

[robz]

A few days before, I have read in the thai media that the police seized drug pills from myanmar which contained high levels of cyanide. But I can't find the link.

[GammaGlobulin]

1 hour ago, Lorry said:

Bloomberg reported originally that all 6 are Americans of Vietnamese descent. 

"6 Vietnamese dead" certainly is a lot less damage to Thailand than  "6 Americans dead"

 

Bloomberg has now changed it to "4  Vietnamese and 2 Vietnamese with American citizenship" - no real Americans.

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-16/thailand-probes-deaths-of-six-foreigners-at-bangkok-luxury-hotel?srnd=homepage-asia

 

They may have been Boat People....

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

48 minutes ago, Hummin said:

All kind of poison would be physically easy to see. Poisoning is not a nice death that would seem unmarked in any way.

 

Carbon monoxide and dioxides leave no traces thow.

 

 

Are you sure that Fentanyl would leave a trace?

I am not sure.

 

2 milligrams is really quite a small dose.

 

Also, didn't all deceased die almost at exactly the same time?

Otherwise, at least one might have called for help.

 

Fentanyl acts immediately.

 

Also, if the poison was in the tea...or coffee....then..

Would they not have all have had to drink their beverages at the SAME TIME?

 

Also THIS:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/six-people-two-vietnamese-americans-found-dead-bangkok-hotel-rcna162144

 

So then:  Foaming at the mouth?

 

I am going with Fentanyl, or the similar but stronger version of Fentanyl, which is 20 times stronger than Fentanyl.  In that case, the lethal dose would be 0.1 milligram, per deceased

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 16 by GammaGlobulin

[Homburg]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Sherine Chong (56 years old)

 

Hung Dang Van (55 years old)

 

Thi Nguyen Phuong Lan (47 years old)

 

Hong Pham Thanh (49 years old)

 

Dinh Tran Phu (37 years old)

 

Thi Nguyen Phuong (46 years old)

 

Irrespective of whatever led to this terrible tragedy, RIP all.