Red Hat Directory Server and ldap_delete: Operation not allowed on non-leaf (66)

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Issue

In some scenario, trying to delete a LDAP suffix or container fails the following error:

ldap_delete: Operation not allowed on non-leaf (66)

A similar issue was fixed with Red Hat Bugzilla number 947583, and subject "ldapdelete returns non-leaf entry error while trying to remove a leaf entry" at
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947583
The problem is the LDAP suffix or container appears empty, had some tombstone entries, and till, it cannot be deleted.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Directory Server 9 with 389-ds-base-1.2.11

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