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The body of Australian cricketing great Shane Warne has been moved from the Thai holiday island of Koh Samui to the mainland for an autopsy.
Key points:
- The body is being transported in an ambulance by car ferry to the mainland
- The body will be taken to hospital in Surat Thani where doctors will attempt to determine his exact cause of death
- Warne died at a villa on the island on Friday from a suspected heart attack
The 52-year-old died after suffering a suspected heart attack at a luxury villa on the island on Friday.
An ambulance carrying Warne's body has been taken by ferry from Koh Samui with Warne's friends, Australian ambassador Allan McKinnon and DFAT officials on board.
On arrival to the mainland, the ambulance drove to a hospital in the town of Surat Thani, where doctors will work to determine the exact cause of death.
More tributes have been laid outside the Sumujana Villas on Koh Samui, where Warne had been staying with his friends.
English tourist Alistair Plant rode up on a motorcycle to lay some flowers.
"I'm in Samui and I was devastated when I heard the news," Mr Plant told the ABC.
"Obviously like everybody who likes cricket, loves cricket, I just thought, as I'm in the area I'd come along to pay my respects to the great man.
"Obviously he's a long way from Australia here, but people who care about the game will come along and pay their respects."