Family questions Canadian's death at Laos airport

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Michael Shulman, CTVNews.ca
Published Sunday, May 31, 2015 10:16PM EDT
Last Updated Monday, June 1, 2015 6:28AM EDT

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The family of an Edmonton man who died under mysterious circumstances while on vacation in Southeast Asia is calling on Ottawa to help them get answers.

In January, Laos officials ruled that Nara Pech, 28, died by suicide. They said he stabbed himself to death with broken glass in the Wattay International Airport in the capital of Vientiane.

But his family has questioned this conclusion; they say chilling voicemails left by Pech while he was at the airport suggest that he may have been in danger.

"I'm in Laos and they're trying to hurt me. I need help, dad. Call the embassy, please," Pech is heard saying in the voicemail message left for his family.

In another voicemail, Pech said his boarding passes were taken away and he was being accused of making defamatory remarks about Cambodia's prime minister.

Video and photos.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/family-questions-canadian-s-death-at-laos-airport-1.2400155

He was murdered.

[riverbendviewgal]

1. How awful.

Sounds gruesome