"Suck my tongue": Tibetan lawmaker says Dalai Lama's words "part of a joke"

Tibetan lawmaker-in-exile Dawa Tsering on Monday said footage showing the Dalai Lama as"ing a young boy to "suck my tongue" during an event in northern India was “part of a joke."

Speaking to journalists, Tsering read out the spiritual leader’s apology, adding that it was “part of..play with a child.”

"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," the statement read on the exiled leader's Twitter account.

“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."

The video also shows the Nobel peace laureate apparently giving the boy a peck on the lips in front of a clapping and laughing audience, while a man captures the moment on a phone.

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