Authority: Body of dead Thai worker to arrive in Thailand July 28

BANGKOK, July 26 (TNA) - The Ministry of Labour says that the body of a Thai worker, recently killed by a rocket fired from Gaza Strip into an Israeli border area, will be sent back to Thailand on July 28. Acting Thai Labour Minister Jirasak Sukonthachart, who is also Permanent Secretary for Labour, told journalists of the updated information on Saturday (Jul 26). Jirasak said that Thailand's Office of Labour Affairs in Israel has coordinated with the Thai Embassy to Israel in working with Menuha Laad Ltd., which has been assigned by the Israeli government to fly the body of the dead Thai worker back to Thailand. According to the senior official, the body of the deceased,36-year-old Narakorn Kittiyungkul, will be sent from Israel via El Al Airlines, Flight LY 081, at 11:15pm on July 27 (local time) and will arrive in Thailand at 2:15pm on July 28 (local time), after that the body will then be transported by a local delivery company to Pua District, his hometown, in Nan Province in the Thai North, where his family will receive the body for religious rite. (TNA)