The Thailand authorities has launched a probe after a media employee, who was employed with a information organisation, died at his desk on Monday from a coronary heart assault after allegedly working additional time, The Impartial reported.

Sarawut Srisawat, 44, labored as a senior supervisor in command of programme schedules with the Thai Information Community (TNN) constructing in Bangkok. There are studies he labored frequent additional time, solely returning dwelling round 3am. He was additionally affected by underlying situations, together with diabetes and excessive blood.

Labour minister Suchart Chomklin ordered an investigation this week into the case after the case prompted outrage amongst employees and different media staff. The ministry stated that authorities had been “urgently” trying into the info of the case.

Reportedly, a now-deleted Fb submit about Srisawat’s demise went viral on social media and described him as an worker who usually labored additional time, typically seven days per week. It alleged he was pressured to take action as there was nobody within the firm to face in for him and that he was not too long ago referred to as again from his sick depart to complete off work.

The Thai Journalists Affiliation alleged in an announcement that the person had died after consecutive days of onerous work, Bloomberg reported. “At present, the media business nonetheless has a piece tradition that’s susceptible to many circumstances of violations in labour legal guidelines,” Teeranai Charuvastra, the affiliation’s vp, stated within the assertion. “This can be a downside that individuals working within the media business have all the time identified about. Nevertheless it nonetheless occurs on a regular basis.”