Labour Ministry follows up on death of foreign worker in Duleil

By JT - Oct 16,2020 - Last updated at Oct 16,2020

AMMAN — The Labour Ministry has been informed about the death of a 22-year-old Nepalese guest worker at a factory in the Duleil industrial zone, Ministry Spokesperson Mohammad Zyoud said on Thursday.

He added that the ministry is following up with the forensic medicine to determine the cause of death.

The factory administration had found the worker dead in his place of residence, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. Zyoud said that the factory is continuously monitored by the ministry’s inspection teams like all other factories, stressing that the ministry has not received any complaints about labour issues in this factory.

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