Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications suicide killed by government official

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' career officials commit suicide.

A 31-year-old career bureaucrat who worked for the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications was recognized as a public affairs accident five years ago, committing suicide five hours ago due to overworked suicide caused by depression. Was.

At the time of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, a 31-year-old career bureaucracy man was recognized as a public affairs accident, and his lawyer met on 25th.

According to the report, he was found to have committed suicide in his apartment in Tokyo in March, five years ago, when he was the chief of the Secretariat's Secretariat Planning Division, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

At that time, men were working more due to the consumption tax hike, and the overtime work for the month just before the onset of depression was 135 hours.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has identified a public affairs accident on the 23rd as having developed depression due to such long working hours.

Parents had asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to investigate the cause shortly after the man died, but after five years there was no explanation, and in October he applied for a public affairs accident.

The male parents commented through a lawyer, "I was recognized as a public affairs accident but my son is not returning. It becomes clear why my son who was so hard-working has been driven so far I want to do that. "

According to Hiroto Kawato, an attorney, "The cause of long working hours is not only due to the administration but also to the Diet, so we should think about how the public servants work, including the Diet."

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications "Reflect the voice of staff"

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, which was recognized as a public affairs disaster, said, "I pray for the deceased staff's happiness and condolence to the bereaved. By the way, I want to work again to prevent such sad things from happening again. "