Further tests on sisters' bodies
Bangkok's Ramathibodi Hospital is conducting further tests on the bodies of the two Canadian sisters, who were found dead in their hotel room on Phi Phi Island, off Krabi province, on Friday.
The autopsy results should be ready in a week or two, a doctor said yesterday.
Ramathibodi Hospital is conducting these tests at the request of the Canadian Embassy.
Dr Wichan Pliewnim, chief of the hospital’s pathology department, said yesterday that relatives had collected the bodies of Noemi, 26 and Audrey Belanger, 20, on Wednesday, though the hospital is still awaiting toxicity and labtest results.
Meanwhile, Weerapat Jantharo, chief of the Koh Phi Phi tourist business club, said yesterday that the mysterious deaths had not affect the island’s tourism business and that there was 30 to 40 per cent occupancy as is normal during the low season. He said that travellers understood that Thai officials were working hard to determine the cause of the two sisters’ death, which is unlikely to have been caused by a criminal act. However, he called on the authorities to solve the case as soon as possible.
Foreign Minister Surapong Towichukchaikul said the Canadian Embassy has called on his office to coordinate with the investigation team to ensure that it is going properly and effectively. The embassy has also requested for the deceased women’s tissue samples for further tests.
