Japanese expatriates living and working in Bahrain and friends of the country have been left stunned by a series of dramatic incidents just a few months after a high-profile delegation of business leaders from the kingdom visited Japan to expand flourishing ties between the two nations.
Iain Lindsay, OBE, a former British ambassador and now the adviser to the chairman of the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB), was on the trip, has close links as a result of his diplomatic career, and lived there for several years with his wife, Bridget and their son, Calum .