Two Britons die on Bali after drinking wine laced with methanol

Two Britons have died in agony after drinking rice wine laced with methanol in a mass poisoning on the Indonesian island of Bali.

Alan Colen, 59, suffered a painful, drawn-out death on Saturday after buying an adulterated bottle of local wine, known as arak. Mr Colen, who had lived on the holiday island for 13 years, bought the wine from a roadside stall hear his home in Canggu, North Kuta.



Rose Johnson, 48, a successful painter who was based in Phoenix, Arizona, died early on Monday in the eastern Sanur tourist area of Bali after drinking from the same batch of poisoned arak. She was on holiday on the island.

The Britons are among 21 people who have died over the past week from alcohol poisoning. Two other tourists, Rachel Craig, 22, from the Irish Republic, and Rene Puper, 23, her Dutch boyfriend, have also been named as victims. Nineteen Balinese remain seriously ill in hospital.

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