Wong raises concerns about Lao poisoning investigation on sidelines of ASEAN summit | ABC NEWS
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has, on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit, expressed Australia’s disappointment in the Lao government’s handling of a methanol poisoning incident which killed two Australian women.
Lao authorities have charged a distillery owner with offences carrying a maximum prison sentence of four years in relation to the deaths of Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles.
Meanwhile, ASEAN nations are likely to discuss a proposed South China Sea code of conduct after an altercation between Chinese and Philippine navy personnel in these waters.
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