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Irked over KKK cartoon, Oz police claims 'strong relationship' with Indians | The Victoria Police today rejected the charge of racism implied in a cartoon published in India, arguing the force had a strong relationship with Indians in Australia. The cartoon, published in Tuesday's edition
of New Delhi based newspaper Mail Today, shows an Australian police officer dressed
in a white hood as a member of the Ku Klux Klan, saying: "We are yet to ascertain
the nature of the crime". Deputy Commissioner Kieran Walshe said he could understand
that some police officers would find the cartoon, likening Australian police to
members of the Ku Klux Klan, "offensive", but that Victorian police should "stand
by our record". "We have a strong relationship with the Indian community and we
know that the Indian community supports the work that Victoria Police has done,"
The Australian quoted him, as saying. Acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard joined
Victoria police union boss to condemn the cartoon. "We are yet to ascertain the
nature of the crime," she said. Gillard said she had not yet seen the cartoon,
but she said she believed it was deeply offensive. "Any suggestion of the kind
is deeply offensive and I would condemn the making of such comment," she said.
The image is set to put further pressure on already fragile ties between India
and Australia following the murder of Nitin Garg at Yarraville park in Melbourne's
west last Saturday night. Commissioner Walshe has issued a personal assurance
to India's High Commissioner that "everything possible" was being done to bring
the person responsible for Garg's death to justice. |
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