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Wah wah Munir Akram sahib, not only you have a girlfriend on the side, but you hit her to in typical feudal fashion.
I’m sure he was drunk too when he did that.
U.S. asks Pakistan to lift immunity of its U.N. ambassador after woman complains he hit her
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By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer
UNITED NATIONS - The United States has asked Pakistan to lift the diplomatic immunity of its U.N. ambassador after a woman complained he hit her.
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday it was investigating the incident “which appears to have been based on some misunderstanding.”
The incident came to light eight days after Pakistan joined the Security Council for a two-year term. Ambassador Munir Akram is representing his government on the powerful U.N. body.
According to the New York Police Department, officers responded to a call in the early hours of Dec. 10 from Marijana Mihic who said her husband had smashed her head into a wall and that her arm was injured.
She stated on the phone that the man had hit her before, and that he had diplomatic immunity, police said.
At the residence on Manhattan’s fashionable Upper East Side, the woman told officers the man actually was her boyfriend. She said that after an argument, she had tried to leave, but he grabbed her and she fell. The officers noted a bruise on her head, police said.
Akram, who was there when police arrived, identified himself as an ambassador. The officers confirmed his identity through the department’s intelligence division which notified the State Department about the incident, police said.
“At that point, there was nothing more the officers could do,” said Lt. Brian Burke, a police spokesman.
U.S. officials said the U.S. Mission to the United Nations (news - web sites) received a letter on Dec. 26 from Marjorie Tivens, the city’s liaison to the world body, with a request from New York officials to lift Akram’s immunity.
“By matter of general policy, we sent a letter on Dec. 28 asking for the immunity to be waived after receiving a letter from the city of New York requesting that action,” said Richard Grenell, spokesman for the U.S. Mission.
No response has yet been received, he said.
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that once its investigation was completed “further appropriate action will be taken.”
Barbara Thompson, spokeswoman for Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, said: “The case is under review.”
According to sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, the district attorney stands ready to prosecute if immunity is dropped.
State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said in Washington that governments have to consult with their own legal authorities and make a decision.
U.N. diplomats said that Pakistan’s U.N. Mission had hired a lawyer.
In cases where there are legal proceedings, Boucher said, “we would hope that other governments would waive the immunity and allow those fair and open procedures to take place.”
Asked what might happen if a country refuses to waive immunity, Boucher said diplomatic incidents are handled in a variety of ways. Sometimes the United States asks a diplomat to leave, sometimes they leave on their own, he noted.