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In the midst of a series of deaths that are believed to be due to overwork of a courier worker, this time, a courier worker who was confined to the living quarters took his own life.



According to the National Courier Workers' Union and Gyeongnam Jinhae Police Station on the 20th, A (50) made an extreme choice at Rosen Courier's Gangseo branch in Busan around 3 am on the day.



At 2:30 am, Mr. A photographed a two-page note written by hand to a colleague and sent it via messenger.



The will, which begins with'I'm sorry,' contained a complaint that it was economically difficult due to low income due to investment in facilities and taxes while running a parcel delivery business.



In addition, it is also written that the manager, etc., had suffered injustice by leaving work, such as reducing the number of employees and paying fees.



Mr. A said in a note,'I know that getting off work in the midsummer heat makes people overwork, but I don't buy a used portable air conditioner that costs 1.5 million won','I stopped getting off work because I got angry, and put the paper coffee cup I ate in the trash can. When I watched my anger by throwing it at me, I realized that I was seeing the warden as less than an employee'.



He said,'If we had only saved people three months ago or tried to fulfill our responsibilities, there would have been no such an extreme option.'



It was found that Mr. A had usually shared opinions with his colleagues about his work difficulties.



In addition to the will sent to a colleague, Mr. A was confirmed to have left a 5 to 6 line handwritten will to his parents, saying, ``Abandon inheritance because you have a lot of debt due to a hardship in life.''



A police official explained, "As a result of an investigation of Mr. A's family and acquaintances, we found that Mr. A had a lot of debt and had frequently complained of financial difficulties."



Eleven courier drivers lost their lives this year due to Mr. A's death.



In addition, Democratic Party Rep. Yang Lee Won-young said in an audit of the Ministry of Employment and Labor on the same day, "(The deceased) started working with excessive rights fees, and made an extreme choice in a situation where he could not earn less than 2 million won a month due to vehicle installments. "It is said that the income was low, so the credit rating was low, and the principal and interest were paid about 1.2 million won a month."



"(Corona 19 Incident) It is expected that the number of parcel delivery will increase as non-face-to-face increases. How to stop the death procession of workers in this industry, it is necessary to work on countermeasures not only during the period of national sentiment, but also afterwards. ".



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