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LAURA DIMON OCT 9, 2017 12:44 PM
A Sudanese diplomat groped a woman at an East Village bar then tried to run from police — but cops ultimately had to cut him loose because of his diplomatic status, officials said Monday.
The 23-year-old woman told cops that Hassan Salih, 36, pawed her breasts and buttocks about 2:30 a.m. Sunday at Bar None on Third Ave. near 13th St., officials said.
The disgusted woman grabbed a bar security guard to report what happened and they called the police.
The cops arrived and detained Salih as they conducted interviews, and that’s when the diplomat tried to make a run for it.
Police officers chased him down, handcuffed him and brought him to the 9th Precinct stationhouse. Salih was able to prove during questioning that he was a diplomat, and because of immunity laws, the cops had to let him go.
In January, a Sudanese diplomat was arrested for grinding on a woman in a Manhattan subway. Cops charged Mohammad Abdalla Ali with sexual abuse and forcible touching after he rubbed against the woman on a northbound No. 4 as it left Grand Central on Jan. 9.
Similarly, Ali was freed once he proved his role provided diplomatic immunity.
“There’s not much you can do,” a police source told the Daily News at the time. “He has diplomatic immunity.”
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