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A Bangladeshi domestic worker commits suicide

Name of domestic worker: 
Seana Golan mostapha
Nationality: 
Bangladesh
Date of death: 
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Cause of death: 
Suicide
Location's classification: 
Workplace

Bangladeshi domestic worker in apparent suicide north of Beirut

A Bangladeshi domestic worker was found dead Wednesday at an employment agency in Jbeil, north of Beirut, in what appears to be a suicide.

The woman, 27, was found hanged. The office curtains, apparently used as a noose, were around her neck. The woman was identified 
as Seana Gholam Mustafa Akhtar.

Police launched an investigation into the case and began questioning employees at the agency. The official cause of death will be announced following a planned autopsy.

Hours after the news of the incident surfaced, Labor Minister Salim Jreissati contacted Justice Minister Shakib Qortbawi and the prosecutor’s office.

According to Jreissati's office, the woman might have committed suicide and the Labor Ministry is following up on the investigation.

The office added that the woman had arrived in Lebanon just days ago.

Source: The Daily Star http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2012/Jun-13/176680-banglades...

جريدة السفير: انتحار عاملة بنغالية    
عُثر داخل أحد مكاتب تأمين عاملات المنازل في جبيل ("السفير")، أمس، على العاملة البنغالية سيانا غولان مصطفى أكتار جثة هامدة، وقد طوّقت عنقها بقطعة قماش موصولة بستار المكتب.
وبعد كشف الطبيب الشرعي على الجثة، تبيّن أن سبب الوفاة ناتج من انتحار، إذ لم يتبيّن أي آثار تعذيب على الجثة. وفيما باشرت القوى الأمنية تحقيقاتها مع أصحاب المكتب، تبيّن أن أكتار دخلت الأراضي اللبنانية منذ نحو خمسة أيام، وربما يكون سبب انتحارها متصلاً بخلافات شخصية ضاعفتها ظروف إقامتها في لبنان.

Link to the document: 
Assafir
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