| Sensational Media Report from Qatar
This Gulf Times piece is disgusting at the most-- allegedly, in Qatar, one Nepali was killed and eaten up by his colleagues from South East Asia! Qatar, where many Nepali laborers work, is undoubtedly Middle East's media center (Aljazeera TV is located there). Our charge d'affaires in Doha denies anything like that happened. However, The Peninsula, another major English-language daily from Qatar seems to confirm the report. It cites Al Sharq, a local daily (Can you read Arabic?) as reporting that sensational news. The heart of the problem: not clear-- if it's Qatar's journalism or some East Asian taste for human flesh.
• It is just a rumour, says Nepal embassy, Gulf Times, June 25/07
• Embassy rubbishes reports on Cannibalism, Mangalorean, June 25/07
• It’s true! 4 Asians land in jail for cannibalism, The Peninsula, June 22/07