World Cup director Nasser Al-Khater only wants to talk about the success of the 2022 World Cup.
It is not about the guest Filipino worker who died when he fell from the Saudi Arabia Hotel during the group stage.
Death is a natural part of life. Whether it is at work or sleeping, al-Khater told Reuters.
The Athletic newspaper reported, on Wednesday, the death of a migrant worker following an accident during the Qatar World Cup in Qatar.
The site wrote that the worker fell from a great height while he was carrying out repairs in the hotel where the Saudi national team was staying during the group stage. Reportedly, the 40-year-old Filipino man was not wearing a seat belt while fixing the lights and died after being hit in the head.
“It’s still weird.”
Nasser Al-Khater, one of Qatar’s World Cup coaches, absolutely did not want to talk about the accident and death when I interviewed him on Thursday.
– Al-Khater told Reuters: – We are in the middle of the World Cup, a successful World Cup, and do you want to talk about it now?
Death is a natural part of life. Whether it’s at work or in your sleep. Of course we send our condolences to the family upon the death of a worker but it’s still odd that this is something you want to focus on in your first question.
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In February 2021, The Guardian newspaper wrote that 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar from various causes since the country was awarded the World Cup. Nasser al-Khater snarls at the media reports surrounding the workers.
The death of workers was a big topic during the World Cup. Everything said about the death of workers was completely wrong. That topic, that negativity about the World Cup, was something that unfortunately we had to deal with, he told Reuters.
We are a little disappointed that journalists have exaggerated this false narrative. Many journalists need to ask themselves and think about why they have followed this topic for so long.