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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Japan to watch WHO probe of director's alleged racism, abuse

Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Japan s government said Friday it will watch the World Health Organization's investigation into staff complaints over racism and abuse by a top Japanese official at the agency but denied it inappropriately received sensitive vaccine information from him.

WHO staffers have alleged that Dr. Takeshi Kasai, the U.N. health agency’s top director in the Western Pacific, engaged in unethical, racist and abusive behavior, undermining their efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic, according to an internal complaint filed last October.

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