Rizky Amelia – Lawmakers have called on the government to crack down on homemade alcoholic drinks distributed by local producers throughout Indonesia, following the death on Sunday of an Australian teenager after drinking one such cocktail in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara.

"We can't tolerate this kind of incident happening again. Many people – both foreigners and Indonesians – have died from such drinks," said Mahfudz Siddiq, a lawmaker from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS).

He said all members of his party supported a total crackdown on producers of the drinks, adding that a bill placing restrictions on the distribution of alcoholic drinks, including locally made brews, had been proposed by his party.

Australian news website The Age reported on Sunday that a Perth teenager who was poisoned after drinking a methanol-laced cocktail in Lombok had died.

Liam Davies, 19, was being treated at a Perth hospital after being flown back from Lombok, where he was spending the New Year's holiday. He reportedly fell ill after drinking a cocktail made by a local producer and was transported back to Perth on Thursday.

According to The Age, "a growing number of cases of methanol poisoning had previously led to Australian health authorities warning of the dangers of potential poisoning from drinking the local 'arak' brew."

In September 2011, New Zealander Michael Denton, a 29-year-old rugby player, died after consuming arak while on tour in Bali with his Perth-based club. Arak typically takes the form of a colorless, sugarless beverage that is distilled from rice or palm sap.

While most is produced legally and safely, unlicensed distillers do exist and distribute the brew as well. If distilled incorrectly, the process can produce toxic methanol as a by-product.

A home-brewed cocktail also left an 18-year-old Australian blind in Bali last month. Bali and Lombok, meanwhile, are not unique in producing lethal brews.

In June 2011, four crew members of a Russian ship anchored off Kalimantan died and three others became seriously ill after drinking locally made alcohol, while in 2010, three Russian engineers in Makassar, South Sulawesi, died from the same.

Dozens of Indonesians have also died from drinking similarly tainted concoctions in recent years.