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By South-East Asia correspondent Mazoe Ford

Shane Warne's body arrives at Surat Thani for autopsy after removal from Koh Samui

An ambulance transported Warne's body to Surat Thani Hospital. (ABC News: Mazoe Ford)

The body of Australian cricketing great Shane Warne has arrived at Surat Thani hospital, on mainland Thailand, for an autopsy, after being moved from the Thai holiday island of Koh Samui.

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.

Warne's friends, the ambassador and DFAT officials have gone into the hospital to meet with doctors.

The hospital on Samui was not equipped for doctors to perform an autopsy so they brought Warne's body to Surat Thani, where there is a larger hospital with more resources.

Warne remembered on Koh Samui 

More tributes have been laid outside the Sumujana Villas on Koh Samui, where Warne had been staying with his friends.

English tourist Alistair Plant was among those to pay tribute to Shane Warne outside the Samujana Villas on Koh Samui. (ABC News: Mazoe Ford)

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."

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