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Top surgeon says he was victim of 'racial triaging' at Manchester Airport security
26.06.2022 - 21:51 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A top surgeon has alleged he was the victim of 'racial triaging' at Manchester Airport security when he was asked to queue for the body scanner while a string of white travellers was waved through an archway metal detector.
Professor Aali Sheen, 51, said: "It was racist. It was clear racial triaging."
Manchester Airport has investigated the allegations and concluded the doctor and his family were directed to the body scanner by its official to 'adhere to the requisite ratio of body scanner and metal detector usage' required by government policy. A spokesman said: "All policies and procedures... were followed."
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The married Pakistani heritage consultant surgeon from Didsbury, who works at Manchester Royal Infirmary and is president of the British Hernia Society, described how he became involved in a confrontation with a security official in Terminal 1 on April 3 before a flight to Grenoble for a skiing trip for him and two of his three children.
Prof Sheen says he had been queueing for two hours before finally reaching security for his 8am flight. He said a security official motioned him towards a queue at the body scanner even though the smaller archway metal detector was clear and available to use.
He described how be began to question the man after the official had told him 'you need to go there', directing him to the queue at the body scanner.
The surgeon said: "I said 'why?' and he said 'because we have a system'. I asked 'what system is that?' I challenged him. I knew the reason. It was obvious. To me it was obvious.
"He said 'just do as you are told'. He was really rude to me and I
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