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Indonesia Issues Formal Apology To Nigeria Over Assault On Diplomat
- The viral video of the event shows at least three men in a vehicle assaulting Buba, ignoring his screams of pain
Indonesia has issued a formal apology over the assault of a Nigerian diplomat on its soil.
A viral of video of Mohammed Buba, an accredited Nigerian diplomat, being rough-handled by Indonesian immigration officials, had surfaced online earlier, prompting Nigeria to threaten to review its relationship with the country.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs regrets the incident on August 7th,” Indonesian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Teuku Faizasyah said, the Associated Press reported on Thursday.
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“This is an isolated incident, and is in no way related to the commitment of the Indonesian government in carrying out its obligations as host country or in accordance with the Vienna convention on diplomatic relations.”
Faizasyah added that the East-Asia country has launched a formal investigation into the incident.
The viral video of the event shows at least three men in a vehicle assaulting Buba, ignoring his screams of pain.
While two of the men held his hands and pinned him down in the backseat, another freely assaulted his unprotected head as he cried out in pain.
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