New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters has defended comments he made in Parliament telling a Chinese-born Green MP to “go back to your own country.”
The exchange occurred during the general debate when Green MP Lawrence Xu-Nan interjected, asking Peters if he was vaccinated. Peters responded by telling Xu-Nan to return to his country of origin.
“That’s where they lie like a flatfish, but they don’t lie like that here, all right?” Peters said.
“This is called a democracy, unlike what you’re used to. Go back to where you’ve come from, you loudmouth, and maybe you’ll learn something about the political system of New Zealand.”…
NZ’s Foreign Minister Defends Telling Chinese-Born MP to ‘Go Back to Your Own Country’
