Tibetan leader: ‘Unfair’ to criticise Dalai Lama for kissing boy and asking him to ‘suck my tongue’


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The head of Tibet's government-in-exile has defended the Dalai Lama over footage of him asking a boy to suck his tongue. 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 really hurt the sentiment of all his followers". He said the incident 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 - was widely shared online, leading...