Singaporean mother told to prove she was lactating by German airport police


  • World
  • Tuesday, 31 Jan 2017

Gayathiri Bose was taken aside for questioning at Frankfurt Airport and asked to prove she was lactating.PHOTO: AFP.

FRANKFURT: A Singaporean mother was stopped by Frankfurt Airport police and asked to prove she was lactating after a security check showed a breast pump in her carry-on bag when she was travelling alone.

Gayathiri Bose, 33, told the BBC that she has filed a complaint with German police and added that an airport security officer had told her to squeeze her breast to prove that she was lactating.

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