- The man broke the window on the house of New Zealand Minister Winston Peters.
- On the door he left a link with the text ‘Welcome to the real world’.
The New Zealand police detained a man who probably broke a window on the house of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters on Monday and pinned the message “Welcome to the real world” on his front door. The Minister spokesman informed about it, TASR writes, according to the reports of Reuters and the RNZ public service station.
Peters wrote in the post on the social network X that he was not at home at the time of the incident, but his partner and guest yes. “It’s really cowardly. When we have protesters, political bloggers and deputies who support such behavior, they publish politicians’ addresses on the Internet and act from pure ignorance and extremism, this is the result”He noted.
In recent days, the minister has been under pressure from protesting groups and opposition parties after the announcement that New Zealand will not follow Australia, Britain and Canada in the recognition of the Palestinian State. Protests have been held several times before his house in Auckland.
Representative of the local police Sunny Patel said that a 29-year-old man who is suspicious of the crime was on Monday himself signed up for the police and his case would be solved on 10 October in court. “I know that these persistent events have caused anxiety and frustration among residents. The police recognize the right to legal protest, but we will not tolerate protest actions that are damaged by property,” Patel stressed.
The incident also took place at a time when Parliament discusses a bill that would consider demonstrating before another person’s home as a crime. Peters supported this proposal and stated that it is necessary to ensure safety.
