New Zealand says US invokes immunity for embassy staffer possibly involved in an incident

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The U.
S.
Embassy declined requests for interviews Saturday and would not say if the man had left the country.
New Zealand authorities say they`re unable to investigate an incident involving a U.
S.
Embassy staffer based in Wellington after the U.
S.
government elected to shield him by invoking diplomatic immunity.
In their statement, police declined to release further details of the incident but said they`re keeping the investigation open.
The ministry said in a statement that it has now asked the U.
S.
Embassy to remove the man from New Zealand.
The day after the incident, police asked New Zealand`s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to seek a waiver of immunity from the U.
S.
so police could investigate the incident, according to the ministry.