Police suspect a 56-year-old Vietnamese woman with US citizenship of using a lethal mixture of cyanide and tea to poison five compatriots when they met at a luxury hotel in Bangkok to resolve a financial dispute.
  • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
    331·
    4 months ago

    This is going to make one hell of a made for TV movie.

    The lesson here is if you’re in a financial dispute with somebody don’t eat or drink any of their food?

    I am confused about one thing, this was a murder suicide, the suspect also poisoned themselves. At that point this is just revenge?

    But revenge for what? Maybe they blamed their victims for taking them to court to try to recover the money? Or they thought they’re only option was suicide, because of the court case, so they wanted revenge. It’s really twisted.

    This is a Thai hotel, and they do like ghost stories, I could see a comedy movie coming out where the dead Vietnamese investors become a slapstick chorus of Ghost investment advisors for young and upstart hotelier from Korea who falls in love with a woman who hasn’t decided if she’s going to stay in the country and follow her dreams, or go overseas and pursue a career.

    The chorus will make a big deal about never accepting drinks from anybody, and whenever she takes a sip of a drink in public or with her almost boyfriend they groan and yell. A running gag

    • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
      15·
      4 months ago

      The lesson here is if you’re in a financial dispute with somebody don’t eat or drink any of their food?

      I think normally it’s still safe. Most people find other ways to deal with disputes.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
        10·
        4 months ago

        Plus, I don’t know about Vietnam, but in a lot of Asian countries, you offer people tea if they come to you for anything. Maybe that generally doesn’t apply to a hotel though, just homes?

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
            5·
            4 months ago

            Not sure. I know that the tradition in Tibetan culture is to always keep a cup of tea full for the guest, but the guest is only expected to drink as much as they like. The cup must always be made full again after the guest drinks from it.

            I know Tibetan culture best because I grew up in a town where a lot of Tibetans settled and I got to know some and I was really confused the first time I was over why they kept refilling my cup. I was so damn full of tea that I begged them to stop giving me more and then they explained to me that I was just supposed to leave the cup full when I had enough to drink. They thought it was pretty amusing.