The families of Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones say they are losing faith in the Laos government’s investigation of the young travellers’ deaths.
The parents of the Australian teenagers who died of alcohol poisoning in Laos have made a plea for stronger action and more information from South-east Asian country popular with backpackers.
“I cannot have my daughter’s passing not mean anything. Surely the Laos government needs to make a strong stance against this to protect what is one of their biggest industries, to ensure that travellers from Australia, from anywhere, that are going to their country are protected from this,” Mark says.
“For them not to reach out, that’s just not good enough,” he said, adding the families were desperate for answers on how such a tragedy could happen. Didier Coyman, whose daughter Anne-Sofie and her friend Freja died, said he felt stonewalled by Laotian officials having travelled to the country to identify and collect his daughter’s body.
“And I said, ‘I hope you understand what I’m feeling here. We’re not talking about numbers and papers and names. We are talking about people, about two young girls who innocently just went to your country and wanted to have a good time,’ ” he said.“So basically, I’m trying to really reach out to their heart and just stop that charade, that circus, honestly, because that’s what I felt it was.
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