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CLUB MAN: Michael Denton was a prominent figure in his Nedlands club.
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Pakistan threatens to pull support after Nato bombing 40 missing as 'Golden Gate'-styled bridge collapses Rage grips Pakistan over Nato attack Former Dunedin man Michael Denton, 29, died in September while in Bali on a rugby tour with his Perth-based Nedland's club. The findings by the coroner at Bali's Sanglah Hospital were released recently.
Denton's family have urged people travelling to Bali to be aware of the dangers of the drink, The West Australian newspaper reported.
The brew - called arak, which is distilled locally - is thought to have killed at least 30 people in the past two years.
Arak is produced from fermented rice, palm sap and other plants. But if it contains methanol - a by-product of incorrect distillation - it can cause brain damage, blindness and death as it acts as a poison to the human body.
In 2009, 25 people - including several tourists - died in Bali after drinking a batch of arak containing methanol. And a 25-year-old Australian nurse is still battling brain damage and kidney failure after drinking a cocktail containing methanol-laced arak on the final night of her holiday on September 20, just days before Denton died.
Denton's brother Greg, of Auckland, said the confirmation of the toxicology results had "in some way helped our family understand what happened to Mike".
"We know we cannot get Mike back but desperately want to warn people travelling to Bali of the very real danger these drinks pose so that nobody has to go through what we are still going through.
''The message is that this could happen to absolutely anyone and people need to be aware of the risks.''
Denton, who played first five-eighth, was in Bali with teammates and was due to play in an international rugby tournament on September 24.
He was a talented rugby player in New Zealand and played for a Dunedin club before his move to Perth in 2006.
Denton had been drinking at the hotel during the afternoon of September 23 but friends said he would have had no more than a few drinks because the bus was due to pick them up at 7am the next day.
Gainey told The West Australian that Denton did not drink any more than his teammates, some of whom had also been drinking a cocktail called Jungle Juice, which contained arak.
About 10pm, Denton had complained of feeling ill and was escorted him to his room.
When checks were made on him less than an hour later he was unconscious. Attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at Sanglah Hospital.
Methanol is normally used for industrial purposes.
University of Western Australia professor of medicine and pharmacology David Joyce told The West Australian: "Methanol is a very potent poison and it only takes the equivalent of one standard drink to blind you and not much more to kill you."
- Stuff
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