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Article

10 Dec 2019

Author:
Pete Pattisson, The Guardian (UK)

Qatar stadium deaths: the dark side of the glittering venue hosting Liverpool

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Nearly six months after he died... Rumba’s wife, Nirmala Pakrin, has still not received any compensation from Qatar...

Pakrin says the director of the company that employed Rumba has been pressuring her to accept a pay-off of 7,000 Qatari rials (£1,460)...

“I’m concerned about my safety. He is using threatening language,” [Pakrin] says.

Her brother, Pradip Pakrin, has dismissed the offer, saying: “We have to fight for what is right. If we accept this, other families will suffer"...

In the past year the Guardian has spoken to the families of five deceased stadium workers... Two say they have not received any compensation from Qatar... three only received compensation after the Guardian revealed their stories last year.