Employer in Bangladeshi burial dispute was “shying from responsibility”: High Commissioner
24 Feb 2011, 7:50 PM
A Bangladeshi construction worker who died suddenly on January 26 has become the center of a legal battle over the burial of expatriates in the Maldives.
The man, identified as ‘Muneer’, died on January 26 and was buried on February 22, almost a month later. Islamic custom requires that a body be buried as soon as possible after death.
A police spokesperson told Minivan News that police procedure was to wait for permission from the relevant embassy or the Maldivian Foreign Ministry before burying an expatriate.
Police would not comment on how Muneer had died, or whether it was a natural death, stating only that the Health Ministry was preparing a report.
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