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  • SA’s EFF party wants India to prosecute Dalai Lama

    SA’s EFF party wants India to prosecute Dalai Lama

    South African opposition party the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has demanded that Indian authorities detain and prosecute Tibetan leader for child abuse after a video of Dalai Lama acting inappropriately toward a boy went viral

    In the clip, the 87-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader is seen kissing a young boy on the lips and asking him to “suck his tongue” at a public event. The incident appears to have taken place at the Dalai Lama’s temple in Dharamshala in February.

    Following an international outcry over the issue, the Dalai Lama has apologised, saying that he regretted the incident.

    Sticking one’s tongue out can be a form of greeting in Tibet.

    The EFF said the “lame apology” should be rejected as it came a month after the incident.

    Its statement said the Indian authorities needed to send a stern warning “to all those who dare to harm children that they will be prosecuted harshly regardless of their status”.

    The Dalai Lama has been living in exile in India since fleeing Tibet in 1959, following an uprising against Chinese rule there.

  • Calls for Dalai Lama’s prosecution over child abuse heightens

    Calls for Dalai Lama’s prosecution over child abuse heightens

    After a video of the Dalai Lama acting inappropriately toward a boy went viral, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), a South African opposition group, has demanded that Indian authorities detain and prosecute the Tibetan leader for child abuse.

    The 87-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader can be seen in the video inviting a young child to “suck his tongue” while kissing him on the lips at a public gathering.

    The incident seems to have occurred in February at the temple of the Dalai Lama in Dharamshala.

    The Dalai Lama has apologized, saying that he regrets the occurrence, in response to a widespread international outrage over the matter.

    In Tibet, sticking one’s tongue out might be a sign of welcoming.

    The EFF said the “lame apology” should be rejected as it came a month after the incident.

    Its statement said the Indian authorities needed to send a stern warning “to all those who dare to harm children that they will be prosecuted harshly regardless of their status”.

    The Dalai Lama has been living in exile in India since fleeing Tibet in 1959, following an uprising against Chinese rule there.

  • 87-year-old spiritualist apologises for asking a little boy to suck his tongue

    87-year-old spiritualist apologises for asking a little boy to suck his tongue

    Popular spiritual leader, Dalai Lama, has apologized after being slammed on social media for asking a little boy to suck his tongue at an event.

    Netizens on social media have expressed disgust, after chancing on the said video which has since gone viral on Twitter.

    But reacting to the numerous backlashes he has since encountered, his office has issued a statement apologizing to the boy and his family as well as individuals across the world, for the hurt his actions may have caused.

    “His Holiness often teases people he meets in an innocent and playful way, even in public and before cameras,” parts of the statement read.

    Background

    At an event, a young boy approached the popular Buddhist leader cum YouTuber, and asked, “Can I hug you?”

    The spiritual leader then invited the boy on stage and pointed to his cheek and said, “first here,” prompting the boy to give him a hug and a kiss.

    The Dalai Lama then pointed to his lips, and said: “then I think finally here also.” He then pulls the boy’s chin and kisses him on the mouth.

    “And suck my tongue,” he said after a few seconds, poking his tongue out.

    Although the identity of the boy is not known, he was at an event with the M3M Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Indian real estate company M3M Group based in Dharamshala, India, where the Dalai Lama lives.

    Read the statement below:

    https://twitter.com/adoseofmars/status/1645503082246144017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1645503082246144017%7Ctwgr%5Ec0b8cbc9af0742de0aae546d51ab554873f29222%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ghanaweb.com%2FGhanaHomePage%2Fentertainment%2F87-year-old-spiritualist-who-asked-a-little-boy-to-suck-his-tongue-apologizes-1747169
    https://twitter.com/RadioGenova/status/1645662325347696640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1645662325347696640%7Ctwgr%5Ec0b8cbc9af0742de0aae546d51ab554873f29222%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ghanaweb.com%2FGhanaHomePage%2Fentertainment%2F87-year-old-spiritualist-who-asked-a-little-boy-to-suck-his-tongue-apologizes-1747169
  • Dalai Lama sorry for making young boy to ‘suck my tongue’

    Dalai Lama sorry for making young boy to ‘suck my tongue’

    The 87-year-old Dalai Lama, the spiritual head of the Tibetan people, expressed regret on Monday after video surfaced of him urging a young boy to “suck my tongue” during a public ceremony.

    “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 Lama leader “often teases people he meets in an innocent and playful way, even in public and before cameras. He regrets the incident”.

    The video, which has 1 million views on Twitter, also shows the Nobel peace laureate apparently giving the boy a peck on the lips in presence of an audience who are heard clapping and laughing, while a man captures the moment on a phone. Reuters has not verified the clip.

    The Dalai Lama, who fled to India in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule in Tibet, is regarded by Beijing as a dangerous separatist.

    He has worked for decades to draw global support for linguistic and cultural autonomy in his remote, mountainous homeland.

    He now lives in a compound next to a temple ringed by green hills and snow-capped mountains in the northern Indian town of Dharamshala.