Recently, an unexpected incident happened to an elderly tourist named Jim that has attracted a lot of attention from netizens around the world.
Accordingly, Jim used to be a British geologist and now lives with his family in Malaysia. Recently, Jim traveled to Iraq and visited a famous historical place in this country.
As a geologist, Jim often notices things that fall on the ground wherever he goes and takes them home as a memento. So, when he arrived at the relic, Jim quickly discovered that there were a lot of rubble and porcelain fragments scattered on the ground.
The historic site where Jim picked up the debris. Photo: Dailymail UK
He carefully inquired from his tour guide and received the answer that these were all things that had no historical or economic value. Jim heard that and immediately picked up a few stones and fragments to bring back as souvenirs as usual.
But the matter did not stop there, when Jim got on the plane to return home, he was suddenly detained by security officers at the airport and then handed over to the area police. The reason is that Jim is suspected of stealing national antiquities, it is worth noting that under current Iraqi law, Jim can face the maximum sentence of death.
Jim’s children, after knowing the story, were extremely shocked and rushed to go to Iraq to handle the case. They gave explanations to prove that their father kept the fragments out of habit and did not know his actions were strictly prohibited in this country.
Jim with his family. Photo: Sohu
However, Jim was still detained during the period from the time he was escorted at the airport until the trial was held on May 7. Jim’s children have posted information about the case on social networks as well as collected signatures from the community with the desire to prevent the sentence with the power of the media.
This action attracted the attention of the public and the British embassy also intervened before the incident went too far.
The incident, although there was hope for a good turn of events, but this is also a lesson for Jim and other travelers to be careful about their actions when traveling in a foreign country, where we do not understand well. regulations and can cause serious problems.
Source: Sohu, Daily Mail
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