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Korean Youth Games athlete in hot water over laser pen

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Undated: South Korea’s embassy in Beijing is confirming reports that one of its athletes from the recent Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing was responsible for zapping Chinese Premier Li Keqiang with a laser pen.

Television pictures from last Thursday’s closing ceremony showed a beam of light flicking across Li’s face as he waved to the crowd at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Stadium. “Its extremely improper and regrettable to shine a laser pointer on state leader,” the embassy posted on Chinese microblog Weibo. “This should not have happened.”

The sporting competition involved almost 4,000 athletes aged between 14 and 18 and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach was among the 60,000-strong crowd at the closing ceremony. (PTI)

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