<p class="title">A Nepalese worker was killed Monday after he fell into a meat-mincing machine in Malaysia's Malacca state, an official confirmed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Malacca fire department's Zulkhairani Ramli told AFP that the 47-year-old man was working at a meat-processing factory near Masjid Tanah when the incident occurred.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The victim was doing maintenance with three other workers when suddenly the machine turned on," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The machine caught him at his waist. Because of his injuries, he died on the spot."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Zulkhairani said authorities took about 30 minutes to extricate the man's body from the machine and that officials were still investigating the matter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Malaysia hosts nearly two million registered foreign workers, who flock to the Southeast Asian nation in search of better work prospects and higher pay than in their native countries.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Last year the Kathmandu Post- citing data from Nepal's embassy in Malaysia, said some 322 Nepalese workers died in Malaysia 2018 through suicide, disease, accidents and other factors.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Nepali Embassy in Malaysia could not be reached for immediate comment.</p>
<p class="title">A Nepalese worker was killed Monday after he fell into a meat-mincing machine in Malaysia's Malacca state, an official confirmed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Malacca fire department's Zulkhairani Ramli told AFP that the 47-year-old man was working at a meat-processing factory near Masjid Tanah when the incident occurred.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The victim was doing maintenance with three other workers when suddenly the machine turned on," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The machine caught him at his waist. Because of his injuries, he died on the spot."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Zulkhairani said authorities took about 30 minutes to extricate the man's body from the machine and that officials were still investigating the matter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Malaysia hosts nearly two million registered foreign workers, who flock to the Southeast Asian nation in search of better work prospects and higher pay than in their native countries.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Last year the Kathmandu Post- citing data from Nepal's embassy in Malaysia, said some 322 Nepalese workers died in Malaysia 2018 through suicide, disease, accidents and other factors.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Nepali Embassy in Malaysia could not be reached for immediate comment.</p>