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Cover News reporter Lin Jueyao reported comprehensively

According to CCTV News, on July 16, six bodies were found in a room at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel in the bustling commercial district of downtown Bangkok, Thailand. The dead were four Vietnamese and two Vietnamese Americans. The police initially speculated that it was murder and the case is currently under investigation. According to the Associated Press, the ages of the dead ranged from 37 to 56.

According to multiple media reports, surveillance video showed that at about 14:00 on July 15, six people entered the hotel room 502 with their luggage and never left. Preliminary investigations found that the case was most likely caused by debt problems. The perpetrator was a 56-year-old Vietnamese American woman who was suspected of poisoning others and then committing suicide on Tuesday night.

Thai police: Maybe due to debt dispute

One person poisoned five people and then committed suicide

According to a report by the Malaysian media Nanyang Business Daily citing Thai media, at around 17:30 local time on July 16, the local police received a report that six bodies were found in a room on the 5th floor of the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel, including three men and three women. One of them was suspected to have suffered facial injuries from a fall, two people died in the bedroom, and two people lay prone on the dining table. They had been dead for more than 24 hours when they were found.

The report said that the police found through preliminary investigation that the deceased was traveling with seven people, who checked into five rooms of Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel on July 13 and 14. The surveillance video showed that at about 14:00 on the afternoon of July 15, the six people entered Room 502 of the hotel with their luggage and never left.

According to a report by the Bangkok Post on July 17, in addition to the six victims, another Vietnamese woman booked the room next to the room where the crime occurred and left Thailand on July 10. The police believe that the woman is the sister of one of the victims and has nothing to do with the case.

The Bangkok Post reported that police said on Wednesday morning local time that they had questioned the daughter of one of the victims and other witnesses. They believed that the assailant poisoned others and then committed suicide on Tuesday night local time.

The report said that this case was most likely caused by a debt problem, because only six people, including the perpetrator, entered the room, and no one else.

Cyanide found in water cup in room

China News Network quoted the Associated Press as saying that the head of the Thai police forensic department revealed that the police found traces of cyanide in the cups and thermos in the room. The preliminary autopsy results are expected to be announced on the 18th.

The Bangkok Post reported that the police found food in the room where the crime occurred, but the food was still sealed with plastic wrap when it was discovered, and it seemed that no one had touched it. There were 6 cups that seemed to have been used at the scene, and there was powder at the bottom of the cups. According to Thai media reports, the deceased was foaming at the mouth, and it was suspected that he was poisoned by cyanide.

According to CCTV News, on July 17, local time, Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang said that the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry expressed deep condolences to the families of the victims of the death of hotel guests in Bangkok, Thailand. The Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand will work closely with relevant local Thai authorities to investigate the case.

At the same time, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs will cooperate with domestic departments to inform the victims' families of the relevant circumstances of the case, take necessary citizen protection measures, and confirm the identities of the victims.