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Report: Embassy concerned by high death, suicide rates among Nepali workers
There were 284 Nepali workers who died in Malaysia last year, a high number that has caused concern for officials in the Nepal embassy.
Out of that number, 46 committed suicide, said the embassy's second secretary Pratik Karki, as reported by Free Malaysia Today.
In 2019, 49 committed suicide out of 298 deaths, and in 2018...
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