Treasury apologises over e-mail

[Foxy Brown]

The Treasury has said it "deeply regrets" any offence caused by an e-mail mistakenly sent to journalists.

The e-mail, sent by junior clerical officer Robbie Browse, was entitled "Advantage of being Chinese", under a heading of "this is brilliant!".

It encouraged recipients to "try pulling the corners of your eyes as if you were Chinese" to decipher a message which read "no sex causes bad eyes".