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Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi

Dalai Lama apologises after kissing boy and asking him to ‘suck my tongue’

The Dalai Lama (centre) arrives to attend a prayer at the main Tibetan temple in McLeod Ganj, India, last month
The Dalai Lama (centre) arrives to attend a prayer at the main Tibetan temple in McLeod Ganj, India, last month. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

The Dalai Lama has apologised after he faced allegations of inappropriate behaviour after kissing a young boy on the lips and asking him to “suck his tongue” at a public event in India.

The interaction, which took place in late February at the Dalai Lama’s temple in Dharamshala, was attended by about 100 young students who had just graduated from the Indian M3M Foundation.

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