Official requests investigation into the suicide of a Bangladeshi woman domestic worker

Labor Minister Sajaan Azzi demanded maximum investigation into the death of the Bangladeshi women domestic worker who was found hanging from the roof at her employer’s house (kindly refer to the previous news dated 20-3-2015). Preliminary findings by the Security Forces and the Justice revealed that the foreign women worker was lately trying to talk her employer into returning her to her country and has for that reason started a hunger strike. However, she died three days after the beginning of strike. Azzi requested the expansion of the investigation into the employer’s inhuman treatment. “It is unacceptable to lock a domestic help inside the house without notifying the recruiting agency or the Labor Ministry in order to act accordingly,” Azzi explained. “Considering the crime a suicide is not enough to close the investigation,” he noted, while announcing that a meeting will take place soon to discuss ways of dealing with recurring incidents in the future. (Al Diyar, 21 March 2015)