Horse penis remark ‘could have led to war’ between Kyrgyzstan and the UK

A British mine worker who was thrown out of Kyrgyzstan for a remark about a local delicacy says police warned him he could have sent the country to war with the UK.

Scotsman Michael McFeat, who is now back home in Perthshire, told the Sunday Post newspaper he has been banned from entering the former Soviet country for five years.

Mr McFeat was held by police after posting a picture on Facebook of Kyrgyz co-workers queuing for a ”chuchuk” horsemeat sausage, with a caption comparing it with a horse’s penis. He says he believed the traditional dish was actually a horse’s penis, but the remark angered his colleagues.