The hundred-year-old sacred “old man” was stolen, after a “travel” a few hundred kilometers was found, the identity of the “thief” has not been revealed yet.

Mar 14, 2022 16:45 GMT+7

The 100-year-old world tree was returned to the locality after 2 days of being uprooted to Ninh Binh.

According to Mr. Nguyen Huu Dong, on the night of March 2, taking advantage of the time when the electricity grid was cut off, the crooks stole a hundred-year-old world tree (in some places called the tree – PV) lying in the field on the bald bank. next to the bridge, in Hung Thinh village (An Hoa Thinh commune).

“As soon as I received the information, I made a notice of loss of property with such shape and size. According to the security camera, the police discovered that the tree was transported to Ninh Binh, so it recovered and handed over the property to the commune. Currently having sex to let the tree live, then replanting”, Mr. Dong said.

The location of the world tree before it was stolen still had branches and leaves left behind by the crooks.

Talking about the identity of the thief and the selling price, Chairman of the People’s Committee of An Hoa Thinh shared that the case is being investigated by the district police, so the locality has not yet understood who dug and sold for how much.

An official from Hung Thinh village said that the elderly said that when they were children, they had already seen the world tree there. This precept tree has been associated with generations of people, from childhood herding buffalo to mowing grass, adults avoiding the sun when working in production, and especially people participating in mourning and sending their loved ones to the nine streams.

After returning to the locality, the hundred-year-old “old man” was assigned to people who specialize in bonsai to take care of.

“Due to being close to the cemetery and far from residential areas, when going to the cemetery, whether it is sunny or cloudy, any funeral will stop here to rest, so the world tree becomes sacred, no one dares to cut it down. including cutting leaves for goats to eat. Over time, the world tree grows quickly, the branches and leaves are luxuriant, “he said.

According to local people, the stolen tree is about 6m high, 5m wide, and 2.1m wide at the smallest trunk. Identifying the objects of digging and stealing trees at about 2:30 to 3 am on March 3, because of the security camera extraction, at 3:39 on the same day, it was discovered that the transport was passing through Lac Thien T-junction (in Lam Trung Thuy commune, Duc district). Tho – PV).

Because it is near the cemetery, when going to the cemetery, any funerals will stop here to rest, so the world tree becomes sacred, no one dares to cut it down.

Confirming the content with PV, Chief of Police of An Hoa Thinh Commune said that the case was directly involved by the Investigation Police Agency of the District Police, the Commune Police only coordinated, so they did not know specific information.

After being stolen by crooks, the “old man” over a hundred years old was able to “travel” to Ninh Binh and return safely to the locality. Up to now, the identity of the organizers of the theft and transport is still a mystery!

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