JAKARTA, June 12 (Xinhua) -- A 28-year-old man died Tuesday after being treated at a hospital in Indonesia's Riau province with bird flu symptoms and the death toll of the disease could hit 80 in the country if his case is confirmed.

    Yatino, a plantation worker and a father of one, died at 13:45 local time (06:45 GMT) at the Arifin Achmad Hospital in the provincial capital of Pekanbaru, reported leading news website Detikcom.

    He has been in the hospital since Monday evening.

    Doctors said he had eaten meat of sick chickens at his home in Indragiri Hulu regency.