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The Dalai Lama has apologised after a video was circulated showing him kissing a boy on the lips before asking the child to suck his tongue.
In a statement from the Tibetan spiritual leader posted on his Twitter account, the 87-year-old said that he "regrets the incident".
Rebecca Bundhun reports from India, where the Dalai Lama lives in exile.
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