Dalai Lama apologizes for asking boy to suck his tongue

The Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama apologized after a video which showed him asking a boy to suck his tongue triggered a backlash on social media. | AFP

“His Holiness wishes to apologize to the boy and his family, as well as his many friends across the world, for the hurt his words may have caused,” said a statement posted on his verified Twitter account.

Twitter users slammed the video, calling it “disgusting” and “absolutely sick” after it started trending on Sunday.

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