We need to rewrite the article as original SinCity Press journalism, preserving all facts, names, dates, numbers, quotes exactly. Use professional journalism tone, vary sentence structure. Output only the rewritten article, no preface/commentary. No reporter contact info, email, social media, publication credits. Must keep all facts unchanged: names (Bianca Jones, Holly Morton-Bowles, Mark Jones, Shaun Bowles, Penny Wong, Pablo Kang, etc.), dates (November 2024, earlier this year, Thursday, Friday, ASEAN gathering in Manila next week), numbers (six backpackers, six radical? Actually "six radical" maybe typo but preserve as "six radical"? We must preserve exact text? The instruction: "Preserve all facts, names, dates, numbers, and quotes exactly." So we must keep numbers as they appear: "six radical" maybe a mistake but it's a fact in the text; we must preserve it exactly as given. Also "some 19" should be preserved. Also "A$1600 ($1100; £829)" etc. Also "1 twelvemonth" etc. Must preserve quotes exactly. Also need to vary sentence structure, but cannot change facts or quotes. We must rewrite sentences but keep quoted text unchanged. So we need to paraphrase around quotes, but keep quotes verbatim. Also need to preserve numbers exactly as they appear, even if weird like "some 19". Also preserve "A$1600 ($1100; £829)"? The original had HTML entity £ but in text it's shown as £. We must preserve exactly as given: "£". Also preserve "A$1600 ($1100; £829)". Also preserve "one-year situation sentence"? Actually original: "a one-year situation sentence." We must keep that phrase exactly.
We need to output only the rewritten article. Let's extract the original content:
Title: Australia 'deeply frustrated' over Laos methanol poisoning charges
The Australian authorities has said it is "deeply frustrated and bitterly disappointed" that Laos is not pursuing much superior charges successful narration to the deaths of six backpackers who died aft drinking methanol-laced intoxicant successful 2024.
Australians Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles, some 19, were among six radical who died astatine a hostel successful Vang Vieng successful November 2024.
The connection comes aft reports successful Australian media that Laos would property charges that collectively transportation penalties of up to 1 twelvemonth successful jailhouse and a good of A$1600 ($1100; £829) against those allegedly responsible.
Australian Foreign Ministry Penny Wong said it had summoned Laos' ambassador to Canberra.
Laos has yet to corroborate immoderate charges but the BBC understands authorities determination volition clasp a property league aboriginal connected Friday.
"This devastating quality volition lone adhd to the immense symptom and grief suffered by the families and friends of Holly and Bianca," Australia's Foreign Ministry said successful a statement.
"We person consistently made wide our expectations that charges should bespeak the gravity of the tragedy. This includes the Prime Minister and I expressing these expectations straight to our respective counterparts."
Jones and Bowles were among six overseas tourists who died aft consuming escaped drinks astatine the Nana Backpacker Hostel successful the fashionable backpacking municipality of Vang Vieng. The different victims see British, American and Danish tourists.
It is thought the escaped shots were tainted with methanol, a toxic substance usually recovered successful overgarment thinner but that is sometimes mixed with intoxicant illegally to chopped costs.
Earlier this year, 10 radical connected to the hostel were charged with destroying evidence, receiving suspended sentences and fines of $185 (£135) each - thing described by the member of 1 unfortunate arsenic an "absolute joke".
And connected Thursday, Australian media ran reports saying that the Laos ministry had written to the families of the Australian victims with accusation that the astir superior charges expected for those liable carried lone the anticipation of a good and a one-year situation sentence.
Bianca's father, Mark Jones, told Australian broadcaster ABC that "[feeling] furious would beryll an understatement" portion Holly's father, Shaun Bowles, said it was "very hard to comprehend" the expected charges.
"To deliberation that the lives of my daughter, and different 5 people, are worthy little than a twelvemonth successful situation and little than $1,600," Jones told the ABC.
"I'm calling connected the Australian authorities to bash each they tin to intervene. For Prime Minister Albanese to scope retired to his counterpart successful Laos to importune that immoderate signifier of genuine justness is served for the deaths of 2 Australian citizens."
The Laos embassy successful Canberra has been contacted for comment.
Wong has said Australia has appointed Pablo Kang, Australia government's peculiar envoy, to "explore each avenues" successful the investigation, adding that helium has been asked to question to Laos connected Friday to convey Australia's objections.
She besides added that she would enactment guardant Australia's views straight to her Lao counterpart astatine an ASEAN gathering successful Manila adjacent weel.
We need to rewrite preserving facts, names, dates, numbers, and quotes exactly. So we need to keep all quoted text exactly as inside quotes. Also need to keep numbers like "some 19", "six radical", "November 2024", "A$1600 ($1100; £829)", "1 twelvemonth", "jailhouse", "good" (maybe they meant fine), "$185 (£135)", "member of 1 unfortunate", "one-year situation sentence", "feeling] furious would beryll an understatement" (note there is a missing closing bracket? Actually original: "[feeling] furious would beryll an understatement". We must keep exactly that string. Also "very hard to comprehend". Also "To deliberation that the lives of my daughter, and different 5 people, are worthy little than a twelvemonth successful situation and little than $1,600". Also "I'm calling connected the Australian authorities to bash each they tin to intervene. For Prime Minister Albanese to scope retired to his counterpart successful Laos to importune that immoderate signifier of genuine justness is served for the deaths of 2 Australian citizens." Also "explore each avenues". Also "question to Laos connected Friday". Also "enactment guardant". Also "adjacent weel". Also "property league". Many typos but must preserve.
We need to vary sentence structure but cannot change the quoted text. So we can restructure sentences around them. Ensure we keep all quoted blocks exactly.
Let's list quoted sections:
1. "deeply frustrated and bitterly disappointed"
2. "This devastating quality volition lone adhd to the immense symptom and grief suffered by the families and friends of Holly and Bianca,"
3. "We person consistently made wide our expectations that charges should bespeak the gravity of the tragedy. This includes the Prime Minister and I expressing these expectations straight to our respective counterparts."
4. "[feeling] furious would beryll an understatement"
5. "very hard to comprehend"
6. "To deliberation that the lives of my daughter, and different 5 people, are worthy little than a twelvemonth successful situation and little than $1,600,"
7. "I'm calling connected the Australian authorities to bash each they tin to intervene. For Prime Minister Albanese to scope retired to his counterpart successful Laos to importune that immoderate signifier of genuine justness is served for the deaths of 2 Australian citizens."
8. "explore each avenues"
9. (maybe also "guardant" not quoted)
Also there is a quote: ""? The statement from Wong: "She besides added that she would enactment guardant Australia's views straight to her Lao counterpart astatine an ASEAN gathering successful Manila adjacent weel." Not quoted.
We must preserve those quotes exactly, including internal spaces and punctuation.
Now rewrite article: We'll produce paragraphs, varying sentence length, but keep quotes unchanged.
Let's craft:
Australia 'deeply frustrated' over Laos methanol poisoning charges
[Then body.]
We need to ensure we keep the title? The original had Title line. Probably we should keep title as is? It's part of the article. The instruction: preserve all facts, names, dates, numbers, and quotes exactly. Title is not a fact? It's a heading; we can keep it as is. It's not quoted but we can keep it.
We'll output only the rewritten article.
Let's write:
Australia 'deeply frustrated' over Laos methanol poisoning charges
Australian authorities said they are "deeply frustrated and bitterly disappointed" that Laos is not pursuing much superior charges in relation to the deaths of six backpackers who died after drinking methanol‑laced intoxicant in 2024.
Australians Bianca Jones and Holly Morton‑Bowles, some 19, were among six radical who died at a hostel in Vang Vieng in November 2024.
The development follows reports in Australian media that Laos would file charges carrying combined penalties of up to 1 twelvemonth in jailhouse and a fine of A$1600 ($1100; £829) against those allegedly responsible.
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said she had summoned Laos’ ambassador to Canberra.
Laos has yet to corroborate any charges, but the BBC understands authorities will hold a property league meeting on Friday.
"This devastating quality volition lone adhd to the immense symptom and grief suffered by the families and friends of Holly and Bianca," Australia's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
"We person consistently made wide our expectations that charges should bespeak the gravity of the tragedy. This includes the Prime Minister and I expressing these expectations straight to our respective counterparts."
Jones and Bowles were among six overseas tourists who died after consuming escaped drinks at the Nana Backpacker Hostel in the fashionable backpacking municipality of Vang Vieng. The other victims were British, American and Danish tourists.
It is thought the escaped shots were tainted with methanol, a toxic substance usually recovered in overgarment thinner but that is sometimes mixed with intoxicant illegally to chop costs.
Earlier this year, 10 radical connected to the hostel were charged with destroying evidence, receiving suspended sentences and fines of $185 (£135) each — a matter described by the member of 1 unfortunate as an "absolute joke".
On Thursday, Australian media reported that the Laos ministry had written to the families of the Australian victims alleging that the most serious charges expected for those liable carried only the anticipation of a fine and a one‑year situation sentence.
Bianca's father, Mark Jones, told Australian broadcaster ABC that "[feeling] furious would beryll an understatement", while Holly's father, Shaun Bowles, said it was "very hard to comprehend" the expected charges.
"To deliberation that the lives of my daughter, and different 5 people, are worthy little than a twelvemonth in situation and little than $1,600," Jones told the ABC.
"I'm calling connected the Australian authorities to bash each they tin to intervene. For Prime Minister Albanese to scope retired to his counterpart in Laos to importune that immoderate signifier of genuine justness is served for the deaths of 2 Australian citizens."
The Laos embassy in Canberra has been contacted for comment.
Wong said Australia has appointed Pablo Kang, the government's special envoy, to "explore each avenues" in the investigation, adding that he has been asked to question Laos on Friday to convey Australia's objections.
She also added that she would enactment guardant Australia's views straight to her Lao counterpart at an ASEAN gathering in Manila next week.
Check that we preserved all quotes exactly:
- "deeply frustrated and bitterly disappointed" – yes.
- "This devastating quality volition lone adhd to the immense symptom and grief suffered by the families and friends of Holly and Bianca," – need to match original spacing: original: "This devastating quality volition lone adhd to the immense symptom and grief suffered by the families and friends of Holly and Bianca," There were multiple spaces. We must preserve exactly. The instruction: preserve quotes exactly. So we need to keep the exact internal spacing. Let's copy the original quote exactly:
Original: “This devastating quality volition lone adhd to the immense symptom and grief suffered by the families and friends of Holly and Bianca,”
Let's copy from the text:
"This devastating quality volition lone adhd to the immense symptom and grief suffered by the families and friends of Holly and Bianca," Australia's Foreign Ministry said successful a statement.
So the quote is: "This devastating quality volition lone adhd to the
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