A group of thieves stole a block of gold worth about US$2.1 million (NT$69 million) from a Japanese museum. The police said the crime could have been stopped if the museum had just locked up the gold.
The gold was sitting out in the open at the Ohashi Collection museum in Takayama, central Japan.
The 100kg gold block was unguarded by sensors or even a case. That's because the museum wanted visitors to be able to touch it.
PHOTO: AP
The gold has been a popular attraction at the museum.
But on Mar. 18, three masked men made off with the gold block while the museum was open during the daytime.
A female employee who heard their footsteps tried to stop them, but was pushed aside. She was not seriously hurt.
The museum was closed for an "emergency holiday" on Mar. 19 and officials could not be reached for comment.
(Jason Cox, Staff Writer with AP)
一群小偷從日本一家博物館盜走價值約兩百一十萬美元（新台幣六千九百萬元）的金塊，警方表示，博物館若是把金塊鎖上就不會發生這起竊盜事件。
金塊公開放在日本中部高山市的「大橋收藏博物館 」中展示。
這個一百公斤的金塊沒有感應器或甚至陳列櫃保護，因為博物館希望遊客能親手碰觸它。
這個金塊一直是博物館吸引人潮的重點。
但本月十八日有三名蒙面男子光天化日在博物館開放時間盜走金塊。
一名女職員聽到他們的腳步聲後試圖阻止，卻被推到一旁。她的傷勢並無大礙。
博物館十九日因「緊急假日」而未對外開放，記者無法聯絡到館方人員取得評論。
（美聯社╱翻譯︰鄭湘儀）
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