Govt urged to bring home dead worker from UAE

The family of the Thai worker who have recently died within the United Arab Emirates has called within the government to help bring his body house for funeral rites.

A relative associated with Chaowalit Charoensuk, a transgender who lately died in the UAE, holds a picture of Chaowalit at their house in Buri Ram memory. Surachai Piraksa

Banchong Saengwong, 58, through Buri Ram, mentioned her 35-year-old kid, Chaowalit Charoensuk, passed away last week at his sister’s apartment within an undisclosed city right after falling ill as well as the family needed assist to bring his body home.

According to Ms Banchong, Chaowalit entered the particular UAE on a visitor visa last year to work as a masseur. He or she continued to stay right after his passport expired with a plan to come back home in a few months.

Nevertheless , he fell sick last month and moved to stay with his younger sister within another city who else looked after him. Chaowalit did not seek medical therapy out of concern about his illegal position.

When his condition worsened, his sister made a decision to take him in order to hospital, but he or she died before the lady could do so, according to Ms Banchong.

She said the family did not know how to bring Chaowalit’s entire body home for memorial rites and did not have money to cover expenses. She said she hoped the federal government would provide assistance.

A Labour Ministry official told the Bangkok Post that because the deceased was unlawfully employed, the Foreign Ministry would organize with authorities within the UAE and provide aid to the family.