A 48-year-old man from Khon Kaen province has reportedly confessed to supplying the dangerous appetite suppressant sibutramine to a Kalasin-based weight-loss pill factory, which is being investigated in the death of a consumer, Kalasin deputy police commander Pol Colonel Triwit Sriprapa said on Wednesday.

A teacher was found dead in a bedroom in her father’s home on Wednesday after allegedly taking a dose of weight-loss pills, police said.