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Scottish minor booted out of Kyrgyzstan within 24 hours after offending fellow employees with horse penis post

SCOTTISH traveller kicked out of the country after insulting host country’s national delicacy.

Supplied horse
Supplied horse

A SCOTTISH minor has been told to leave Kyrgyzstan within 24 hours after offending fellow employees at his workplace by comparing the country’s national delicacy to a horse penis.

Michael Mcfeat, who worked at Kyrgyzstan’s biggest gold mine, was detained by police after

He posted a comment on Facebook saying that his Kyrgyz colleagues were queuing for their “special delicacy, the horse’s penis” at New Year celebrations, sparking a brief strike at the Kumtor mine as well as calls for criminal prosecution.

The dish in question, chuchuk, is a sausage made from horse meat and intestines.

The Facebook post in question.
The Facebook post in question.

Police detained Mr Mcfeat on Sunday for questioning but the state security service only gave him a warning despite workers insisting that his actions constituted inciting hatred, a crime punishable by three to five years in prison.

A local court found that Mr Mcfeat, who worked as a welder for a contractor at Kumtor, had no work permit and ruled that he must be deported within 24 hours.

Mr McFeat has since removed his comments and apologised, posting on Facebook: “I would like to take the opportunity to sincerely apologise for the comment I made on here about the Kygyz people and horses penis.

“I truly never meant to offend anyone and im truly sorry as it was never my intension.”

I would like to take the opportunity to sincerely appologise for the comment I made on here about the kygyz people and...

Posted by Michael Mcfeat on Saturday, 2 January 2016

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