Case of 4 Vietnamese people dying in Thailand: Ministry of Public Security coordinates to investigate and clarify the case

Regarding the case of four Vietnamese people passing away in Thailand, the Ministry of Public Security coordinated the investigation and provided information about the victims' relatives to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to carry out citizen protection work, at the request of the Prime Minister. General.

Official telegram from the Prime Minister to the ministers of Foreign Affairs and Public Security; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in Thailand.

The telegram stated: On July 16, 2024, at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel, Pathum Wan District, Bangkok, Thai police discovered 6 people died, including 4 Vietnamese citizens and 2 people of Vietnamese origin. suspected of being poisoned. Currently, Thai authorities continue to investigate and clarify the case.

The Prime Minister requested:

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs closely coordinates with the Thai side in the process of investigating and clarifying the case, implementing measures to protect the legal and legitimate rights and interests of Vietnamese citizens; proactively handle and make recommendations on foreign affairs issues with the Thai side; promptly provide complete and objective information about the case to the press and public opinion.

The Ministry of Public Security coordinated to investigate and clarify the case at the request of the Thai side, providing information about the victims' relatives to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to carry out citizen protection work.

The Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand directed the Embassy to closely monitor the case and promptly report on investigation developments and local public opinion; Implement citizen protection work, visit, guide and support victims' families with post-mortem related procedures according to regulations.

On July 17, Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin announced that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had joined the Thai government in the investigation related to the mysterious deaths of 6 foreigners at a hotel. luxury hotel in Bangkok.

The US side is supporting the case because 2 of the 6 people who died were US citizens.

Thai media reported that Bangkok police received a report at around 5:30 p.m. on July 16 from the Grand Hyatt Erawan hotel about the discovery of deceased tourists inside one of their hotel rooms.

This group of tourists should have checked out on the afternoon of July 16. After check-out time, the staff went to check and discovered 6 victims including 3 men and 3 women.

According to information from the hotel, this group of guests rented rooms from July 13 to July 14. They belonged to a group and rented a total of 5 rooms, including 4 rooms on the 5th floor and 1 room on the 7th floor. The victims were discovered in a room on the 5th floor.

Matichon newspaper quoted the Bangkok police announcement as saying that after examining the scene at the Grand Hyatt Erawan hotel and asking the daughter of one of the victims, the police determined that all 6 people were murdered.

Bangkok police also identified the suspect who harmed the Vietnamese group as Ms. Sherine Chong, 56 years old, of Vietnamese origin with American citizenship. Ms. Chong has entered and exited Thailand 5 times, the most recent entry being on July 5.

Ms. Chong was one of six people who died in the hotel room. The police's results of checking the hotel room entrance showed that there were no people outside the group involved.

Also according to the daughter of a victim, the incident may be related to Ms. Chong having a debt dispute with one of the victims.

According to Khaosod newspaper, one of the hotel waiters who contacted Ms. Chong before the incident said the suspect was alone in the room when food and drinks were brought. Ms. Chong's attitude at that time was very tense and quiet. When the hotel staff offered to make tea and coffee, Ms. Chong refused and said she would do it herself.

From the testimony of witnesses and images from the security camera system, Bangkok police identified Ms. Chong as the biggest suspect.

On the same day, Thai police also said they had located the 7th Vietnamese person involved in the incident, who was booked into a room with the 6 victims. Accordingly, this person left Thailand and returned to Vietnam on July 10.

Final image of the death of 6 Vietnamese people in Thailand, police looking for a mysterious "7th person". An Nhi11:49:47 17/07/2024According to Khaosod English, Bangkok Police and Immigration Police in Thailand are agreeing on three main lines of investigation in the hotel tragedy, related to the hotel's unusual testimony about the 7th person.