Pinay dies after falling from Sharjah building in alleged escape bid from police

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Investigation is underway on the death of a Filipina who fell to her death reportedly from the sixth floor of a building at dawn Sunday, Oct. 25 in Sharjah.

This at hand, Consul General Paul Raymund Cortes, said they have been in contact with the victim’s relative and taking the necessary steps to repatriate her remains.

“We have reached out to the family. We will work on the shipment of remains pending investigation by appropriate UAE authorities po,” Cortes said.

Cortes’ office covers Dubai and its neighboring emirates in the north, and thus has jurisdiction on the case.

According to various local media reports, the Filipina, 40-years-old, fell to her death from the balcony of a building in Al Majaz, a cosmopolitan waterfront area in Sharjah.

The National reported that Sharjah Police was notified of the incident at 3am on Sunday and that an ambulance was sent to the scene where paramedics found the woman already dead.

Al Ittihad, an Arabic-language sister newspaper of The National, meanwhile reported that the prosecutor has ordered the body to be sent to the crime laboratory to determine the cause of death, while the case had been referred to Al Buhaira Police Station for investigation.

Gulf News meantime reported that the Filipina was in an apartment at the building with an Arab man, and that both were occupying it allegedly without the owner’s knowledge.

After being informed by the building’s watchman, the owner checked out the apartment and reportedly saw the two having shisha. The owner called the police who arrived soon.

At this point, the woman, seeing the police, jumped off the building, according to media reports, which also quoted authorities as saying she “tried to escape.”

The Arab man was in police custody undergoing interrogation.