World News - Do not fool around with the passport of high officials. Maybe that's advice that should be remembered by immigration officials at airports.
Therefore, an immigration officer at a small airport in Deauville, France, disabled after a picture taken while holding the passport belonged to a high official.
Who's that high officials? None other than the President of the United States, Barack Obama, who came to tour the city to attend the Summit G-8 countries recently.
The officer deemed indecent act against the United States delegation to create a picture of him and President Obama's passport as a memento.
"United States delegation that handed over the passport was annoyed," said an employee representative on the Trade Union immigration Philippe Bock, as reported by the BBC on Sunday (5 / 6).
"The punishment came quickly,"said Bock said, adding that officers appear to be immediately transferred to another department.
Immigration Service spokesman Jean-Roald L'Hermitte confirmed that there had been an incident involving a senior officer at passport control the United States delegation.
Meanwhile, France Bleu radio reported that senior officials referred to is the head of the local immigration service.
However, L'Hermitte not want to mention the employee's identity other than to say employees were laid off for three weeks while waiting for test results.
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