Finland’s prime minister apologised on Wednesday to citizens of Japan, China and South Korea after MPs sparked outrage by posting pictures of themselves making derogatory squinting gestures.
The parliamentarians from the populist Finns Party, which is part of the right-wing coalition government, posted images on social media where they pulled back the corners of their eyes – widely seen as a racist gesture targeting East Asian people.
They claimed to have shared the pictures in support of the...
Miss Finland scandal: Finnish PM apologises to East Asia for MPs’ ‘racist’ gestures
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Source: scmp.com

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