DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar has opened an office protection investigation into the death of a Filipino, officials said on Thursday, following reports that the man died while running at an educational site during the World Cup.
Qatar’s remedy for migrant staff has been a topic for a large number of people.
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Nasser Al Khater, chief executive of the 2022 World Cup in Doha, told Reuters one employee had died, but gave no further details. He offered his condolences to his family and said that “death is a natural component of life. “”
The Philippine Foreign Ministry said in a statement that one of its citizens was killed while running in a hotel south of the capital, Doha. He said his embassy was “working with the judicial government to obtain more important points about his death. “
Online sports publication The Athletic reported Wednesday that the man worked for a company tasked with repairing lighting fixtures in a parking lot at Sealine Resort, the educational site of the Saudi national team. His head is opposed to concrete.
Citing several anonymous sources, he said the twist of fate happened at the World Cup, but did not specify when.
The Philippines said it would not provide further details out of respect for the man’s family. The station did not respond to a Reuters query.
“If the investigation concludes that security protocols were followed, the company will face legal action and severe monetary sanctions,” said a Qatari government official, who requested anonymity.
“The rate of work-related injuries has decreased in Qatar since strict protection and fitness criteria were introduced and enforcement strengthened,” he said.
NUMBER OF DEATHS IN CONFLICT
Since gaining the rights to host the World Cup in 2010, Qatar has come under scrutiny for its remedy of migrant workers, who make up the majority of its population.
The tournament, the first to be held in the Middle East, where other countries have also criticized the rights of migrant workers, has been embroiled in controversy with some soccer stars and a European official criticizing Qatar’s human rights record, adding labor, LGBT and women’s rights issues.
Qatar’s World Cup organizers, the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legate, said in a statement that they were not involved in Qatar’s investigation because “the deceased (worked) as a contractor, and not under the duty of the SC. “
The number of work-related deaths in Qatar is disputed.
Britain’s Guardian newspaper reported last year that at least 6,500 migrant workers — many of them working on World Cup projects — had died in Qatar since 2010, according to estimates based on official documents.
In response, Qatar said the number of deaths was proportional to the length of the migrant workforce and included many non-manual workers, adding that each and every life lost a tragedy. The SC said 3 work-related and 37 non-work-related deaths. related deaths occurred in projects related to the World Cup.
“Death is an herbal component of life, whether in paintings or while you sleep,” Khater said, expressing sadness over reporters’ questions about The Athletic’s report.
“We are in the middle of the World Cup, and we have a successful World Cup. And is that something you need to communicate now? Said. (Reporting and editing through Andrew Mills; additional reporting through Enrico dela Cruz in Manila; Editing by Ghaida Ghantous, William Maclean, Crispian Balmer)
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