Friday, 26 June 2009

Death in a foreign land

Death in a foreign land


Mushfique Wadud investigates the recent rise in death among expatriate workers and the probable causes behind the high number of such tragic incidents


photo by Al-Emrun Garjon
On April 5, when Tajmahal’s mobile rang, she received the call with eager excitement as she anticipated her husband calling from abroad. Her husband, Jaynal Abedin, had been living in Malaysia for the past three years.

Her heart, however, broke to pieces as the caller informed her of the demise of her husband. An expatriate Bangladeshi wage earner, Jaynal Abdin died of a heart attack in Malaysia on April 5. She could not believe the news as she had spoken to him over the phone just a day before.

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