11 die drinking bootleg alcohol in Indonesia

JAKARTA: Eleven Indonesians died yesterday and several others are critically ill after drinking bootleg liquor, police said, days after the death of 24 others from illicit alcohol, reports AFP.

The latest victims were among 27 people admitted to hospital after sampling homemade alcoholic drinks in Cicalengka district in West Java province, provincial police spokesman Trunoyudo Wisnu Andiko told AFP. "We are investigating the shop that sold the illegal liquor," he said, adding no one had yet been arrested.

In a separate case over the past week 24 people have died in the capital Jakarta after drinking homemade liquor sold by a herbal drink seller.

The seller, who has been arrested, admitted he had mixed pure alcohol with Coca-Cola and an energy drink, police said.

 

11 die drinking bootleg alcohol in Indonesia

JAKARTA: Eleven Indonesians died yesterday and several others are critically ill after drinking bootleg liquor, police said, days after the death of 24 others from illicit alcohol, reports AFP. The latest victims were among 27 people admitted to hospital after sampling homemade alcoholic drinks in Cicalengka district in West Java province, provincial police spokesman Trunoyudo Wisnu Andiko told AFP. We are investigating the shop that sold the illegal liquor, he said, adding no one had yet been arrested. In a separate case over the past week 24 people have died in the capital Jakarta after drinking homemade liquor sold by a herbal drink seller. The seller, who has been arrested, admitted he had mixed pure alcohol with Coca-Cola and an energy drink, police said.