THE MAN nicknamed “Tiger” who was told by a Vietnamese guide to deliver “snake medicine no. 7” to a Vietnamese woman who committed murder-suicide at a luxury Bangkok hotel is being questioned by police with this product turning out to be a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) registered traditional medicine, Thai Rath newspaper said late last night (July 18).
Police had earlier concluded that a woman in the group who died along with the others had poisoned them all with tea laced with cyanide at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel over a 10 million baht investment not yielding returns.
Police later questioned the guide, Mr. Phan Ngoc Vu, 35, who said Ms. Thi Nguyen Phuong Lan, 47, had given him 11,000 baht during July 3-5 to buy “snake medicine no. 7”.
At 7 p.m. last night police said they were able to track down Tiger who has an apartment at Ratchada Soi 3.
Upon searching his apartment they found two large boxes containing 33 bottles of “snake medicine” which he had stocked up to sell to Chinese and Vietnamese visitors and tourists. Each bottle has a snake logo on it which led to people calling it “snake medicine.”
Investigation further revealed that the “snake medicine” Tiger stocked came from a company that has a website to sell it online. This is a herbal product sold in white bottles with nine different snake colour logos on them to indicate different formulas.
The number 7 variety the deceased Vietnamese woman ordered comes in a bottle with a pink snake logo and is meant to nourish the blood and help menstruation. The label also states that two to three capsules should be consumed after meals twice a day.
FDA has confirmed that this “snake medicine” is a traditional medicine and unrelated to poisoning death of the six Vietnamese visitors.
Even so, police are continuing to interrogate Tiger to eliminate suspicion after finding out that it was Lan who came down to collect the “snake medicine” from the hotel lobby after it had been delivered there in a convenience store plastic bag by a motorcycle taxi rider.
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Top and Front Page: Pixelated image of “Tiger” and a bottle of number 7 “snake medicine.” Credit: Thai Rath
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