BEIJING: According to state broadcaster CCTV, two people were detained after a hole was dug in the Great Wall of China using an archaeologist.
Police in Shanxi province followed the footprints left by technology that was used to carve a path through the remnants of the enormous wall that China’s emperors had constructed to fend off foreign invaders.
According to state media, the suspects admitted during doubting that they had dug a shortcut in the wall with help to shorten native travel times.
The Great Wall was initially built in the third century BC and lasted for centuries. It is divided into sections that together stretch for thousands of kilometers.
The affected portion of the Great Wall dates back to China’s Ming Dynasty, which ruled from the 14th through the 17th centuries. It is located about a six-hour drive north of northern Beijing.
The Ming-era wall was described as having” relatively intact” section with significant research value, and state broadcaster CCTV reported on Monday( Sep 4 ) that the suspects had” irreversible damage” to it.
A long, elevated area of land that appeared to be the remains of the old hurdle had been cut through by a dusty road, as depicted in photos on Foreign state television.
According to CCTV,” the two defendants have already been illegally detained in accordance with the law, and the situation is still being investigated.”