Shun walking ceramic fragments as travel souvenirs?British geologist was sentenced to the Iraqi cour

A British geologist collected some ceramic fragments with a history of hundreds of years and tried to take it away when he was exploring in Iraq. The airport security personnel were arrested after discovering it. On the 6th, the Iraqi court ruled that he was convicted of smuggling of cultural relics and sentenced to 15 years in prison.

The man named Jim Feton, 66 years old, retired, and has explored oil and gas for many petroleum giants. He participated in a tourist expedition earlier this year and traveled to many civilized sites in Iraq. When he left Iraq on March 20, he was stopped by the security inspection personnel at Baghdad Airport because his luggage was suspected of cultural relics.

Filun and his family argued that when he went out, he was used to collecting local objects as souvenirs and unintentionally transferred to sell it. Site Elidu.

Mesopotamian civilization dates back thousands of years ago.

However, the Iraqi government departments have been technically identified that these cultural relics have only a history of more than 200 years. Filun said he did not know that he had violated the Iraqi Cultural Relics Protection Law.

Feton and a German who helped him share his luggage was later detained by the Iraqi authorities. The two appeared in court for the first time on May 12. The Germans were judged to be unlimited on the 6th of this month.

Filton's defense lawyer was surprised after hearing the ruling on the 6th, saying that he would appeal. According to the Associated Press, Iraq's cultural relics law is more severe, and smuggling of cultural relics can be sentenced to death.

At present, the British Embassy in Iraq and the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs have not responded to the incident.

(Source: CCTV News)

[Edit: Shang Pei]

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