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Sajid Javid defends Asian paedophile comment

Sajid Javid (REUTERS/Toby Melville)

By: Keerthi Mohan

Home secretary Sajid Javid is standing by his Asian paedophile comment and said those who criticised him were being oversensitive. Javid courted controversy last month when he took to Twitter to brand a grooming gang “sick Asian paedophiles.” Reacting to the news report of 20 British Asian men being convicted of grooming girls as young as 11 in Huddersfield, Javid wrote: “These sick Asian paedophiles are finally facing justice. I want to commend the bravery of the victims. For too long, they were ignored. Not on my watch. There will be no no-go areas.” These sick Asian paedophiles are finally…

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