Cash and carry: Woman in China rides
through X-ray scanner rather than part with purse
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[February 14, 2018]
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A woman in
southern China accompanied her purse through a train station's luggage
x-ray machine rather than part with the bag amid the Lunar New Year
holiday rush, Chinese media reported.
Video from the digital news platform Pear Video, linked on the Facebook
page of the state-run People's Daily newspaper and widely picked up
online, showed a guard apparently telling the woman that, yes, small
bags need to go in the machine, too.
The security video shows her leaving the screen and then emerging from
the device. Still x-ray images online show a person in high heels
kneeling among bags and other items.
The woman rode through the security screening machine on Sunday in the
southern city of Dongguan because she wanted to protect her money, the
People's Daily's Facebook post and other media reports said.
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Many Chinese migrant workers carry their annual earnings home to
family in cash during the Lunar New Year holiday, the busiest travel
period of the year.
"Passengers are warned that not only is this kind of behavior
forbidden, but also the radiation from the machine is incredibly
harmful to human health," the People's Daily said.
(Reporting by John Ruwitch; Editing by Nick Macfie)
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