Tibetan exile leader defends Dalai Lama over viral video

The president of the Tibetan government-in-exile on Thursday defended the Dalai Lama over a viral video clip of him asking a child to suck his tongue, saying he has been misinterpreted.Penpa Tsering said at the New Delhi branch of the Foreign Correspondents Club of South Asia that the spiritual leader's compassion and love are beyond all the misunderstandings that the video has created.The negative reaction to the video "really hurts us," Tsering said. "We are hurt by the insinuations."The clip was shot at a public event that took place in February this year at the Tibetan temple in the hil…READ FULL ARTICLE