Bangkok - A South African World Bank official has been found dead in a five-star hotel in Bangkok, sources said on Thursday.
A spokesperson for the bank, Cristina Mejia, confirmed that a staff member had died at a Bangkok hotel and that an investigation was continuing but declined to give further details.
Thai police investigators also declined to comment but police at the department's forensic division said the body of Laura Walker arrived from the Shangri-La Hotel on Wednesday afternoon. The police officials, who declined to be named, said an autopsy was being carried out.
An email from one of Walker's friends said: "Our friend Laura Walker died on Wednesday in Bangkok while in training. Details are still sketchy. All we know at this time is that she was robbed in her hotel and that's where she died."
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"The authorities are looking into the circumstances surrounding this tragedy and our own security team is working closely with them," Mejia said.
Earlier this week, an elderly Swiss tourist was found dead in a hotel room on the resort island of Phuket. According to police accounts, she was robbed and beaten to death, possibly by a hotel employee. - Sapa-AP
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