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Dalai Lama ‘unfairly labelled’ over tongue video – Tibet govt-in-exile

Dalai Lama ‘unfairly labelled’ over tongue video – Tibet govt-in-exile

THE head of Tibet's government-in-exile has defended the Dalai Lama over footage of him asking a boy to suck his tongue, saying the incident had demonstrated the country's spiritual leader's innocent and affectionate side. The Nobel peace laureate apologised after the footage from a public event, which also shows him apparently giving the boy a peck on the lips, went viral, leading to a wave of comments on social media that his behaviour amounted to abuse. Penpa Tsering, the Sikyong (political leader) of the exiled Central Tibetan Administration, said the Dalai Lama had been "unfairly labelled with all kinds of names that…
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Dalai Lama apologizes after video asking boy to ‘suck my tongue’

Dalai Lama apologizes after video asking boy to ‘suck my tongue’

THE Dalai Lama, the Tibetans' 87-year-old spiritual leader, apologised after footage showed him asking a young boy to "suck my tongue" at a public event. "A video clip has been circulating that shows a recent meeting when a young boy asked his Holiness the Dalai Lama if he could give him a hug," said a statement on the exiled leader's Twitter account, which has 19 million followers. "His Holiness wishes to apologise to the boy and his family, as well as his many friends across the world, for the hurt his words may have caused." The statement said the Dalai…
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