Man fired for cashing in on Filipina’s murder in Dubai

  DUBAI – A Dubai-based public relations executive has been fired for an “insensitive and despicable” press release seen as capitalizing on the murder and mutilation of a Filipina in Dubai. The executive was pitching a story on self-defence classes as an answer to the “recent incident about a Filipino lady being grisly murdered”. His email to the media read: “Good morning and hope you are in a beautiful and fighting mode. In a recent incident about a Filipino lady being grisly murdered, a Dubai-based fitness guru listed some of the best self-defence that can be helpful for women, not only here, but wherever we go. We truly appreciate if you can post this online or on your social media channels. If you like to have an exclusive interview, please do not hesitate to let us know.” Many residents, including Twitter user N.D., quickly took to social media to criticize the executive for “using someone’s death as an excuse to send a press release on self-defense”. “This is so insensitive and despicable. The morality of public relations firms has sunk to a horrid low today,” a blogger commented on Facebook. Twittter user A.M. called for “more standards” to cut out “nonsense from cowboys in the market”. Another Twitter user, M.R., called the PR move in “really bad taste”. The company reportedly dismissed the PR executive within 24 hours before reinstating him on Tuesday (September 27), according to XPRESS on Wednesday. Police last week confirmed that the headless body found in a desert in Dubai was that of Ma. Normita de Lima, 46, a housemaid in Abu Dhabi. Police also arrested the suspect after a three-month investigation. Police said that the suspect had stabbed de Lima dead, decapitated her and cut off both her hands before burning the severed body parts and burying them. Read more on this 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