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| Canada recalls spitting diplomat | Canada recalls spitting diplomat |
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| A Canadian envoy who caused a diplomatic spat by spitting at a Tanzanian policeman and journalist has been recalled. | A Canadian envoy who caused a diplomatic spat by spitting at a Tanzanian policeman and journalist has been recalled. |
| Canada's High Commissioner Robert Orr was summoned by the Tanzanian foreign ministry over the incident last week. | Canada's High Commissioner Robert Orr was summoned by the Tanzanian foreign ministry over the incident last week. |
| "In the best interest of all involved parties, the Canadian official will be leaving Tanzania at the earliest possible time," Mr Orr said. | "In the best interest of all involved parties, the Canadian official will be leaving Tanzania at the earliest possible time," Mr Orr said. |
| However, the journalist concerned says he still wants to take legal action. | |
| "Justice must be done. Repatriating him is only one stage, but it doesn't mean that it's over. I will go to the police, to make sure that they hold his passport," said Jerry Muro, from the Tanzanian Broadcasting Corporation (TBC). | |
| He says he was spat on at the police station where the diplomat was taken last Wednesday. | |
| The diplomat was arrested after he reportedly spat at a traffic policeman on duty in the middle of a traffic jam in the Banana district on the outskirts of Dar es Salaam. | |
| Tanzania's foreign ministry says the incident was a humiliation not just for the police officer and journalist concerned, but for the entire country. | Tanzania's foreign ministry says the incident was a humiliation not just for the police officer and journalist concerned, but for the entire country. |