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| Police in Malaysia have arrested a British woman and three other western tourists after they posed naked on top of the country’s highest mountain in a stunt that some indigenous people believe may have caused a deadly earthquake days later. | Police in Malaysia have arrested a British woman and three other western tourists after they posed naked on top of the country’s highest mountain in a stunt that some indigenous people believe may have caused a deadly earthquake days later. |
| The four – a Dutch tourist, two Canadian siblings and the Briton – later appeared in court handcuffed and in purple prison uniforms. | |
| They were part a group of 10 trekkers who were photographed after stripping off on 30 May on Mount Kinabalu in Sabah state, in the northern half of the island of Borneo. | |
| Six days later a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck near the mountain, killing 18 climbers. | |
| State officials accused the tourists of showing “disrespect to the sacred mountain”, which at 4,101m is south-east Asia’s highest peak. | State officials accused the tourists of showing “disrespect to the sacred mountain”, which at 4,101m is south-east Asia’s highest peak. |
| Sabah’s indigenous Kadazan Dusun people believe the tourists’ behaviour angered the spirit of the mountain and was the reason for the earthquake. | Sabah’s indigenous Kadazan Dusun people believe the tourists’ behaviour angered the spirit of the mountain and was the reason for the earthquake. |
| A magistrates court in the Sabah state capital of Kota Kinabalu remanded the four for four days pending an investigation over an “obscene act” on the mountain last month. | |
| The Foreign Office in London confirmed that a British national had been arrested and consular assistance was being provided. | The Foreign Office in London confirmed that a British national had been arrested and consular assistance was being provided. |
| Police in Malaysia said a British woman was arrested at Tawau airport on Tuesday as she was about to depart for Kuala Lumpur. | |
| They then brought her to Kota Kinabalu, according to Sabah’s police chief, Datuk Jalaluddin Abdul Rahman, who said the three others turned themselves in at a district police station. | |
| “All the suspects will be remanded from today,” he added. | “All the suspects will be remanded from today,” he added. |
| Malaysia’s foreign affairs ministry identified the Canadian siblings as Lindsey Petersen and Danielle Petersen. | Malaysia’s foreign affairs ministry identified the Canadian siblings as Lindsey Petersen and Danielle Petersen. |
| Sabah’s deputy chief minister, Joseph Pairin Kitingan, said a special ritual will be conducted to “appease the mountain spirit”. | Sabah’s deputy chief minister, Joseph Pairin Kitingan, said a special ritual will be conducted to “appease the mountain spirit”. |
| malaysiakini: Four foreigners held for stripping atop Mt Kinabalu http://t.co/zjEjc9YxA9 #SabahQuake pic.twitter.com/thr14eX6Hr | malaysiakini: Four foreigners held for stripping atop Mt Kinabalu http://t.co/zjEjc9YxA9 #SabahQuake pic.twitter.com/thr14eX6Hr |
| Sabah’s state tourism minister, Masidi Manjun, tweeted that legal proceedings against the four foreigners had begun and that they would be remanded for four days. | |
| Legal proceedings have commenced in court against 4 alleged 'strippers on Mt Kinabalu' this morning. Remand application for 4 days granted. | Legal proceedings have commenced in court against 4 alleged 'strippers on Mt Kinabalu' this morning. Remand application for 4 days granted. |
| Masidi said the suggestion that the tourists’ actions had caused the earthquake was “misconstrued”. | Masidi said the suggestion that the tourists’ actions had caused the earthquake was “misconstrued”. |
| “I never said that they actually caused the earthquake but their actions were against the people of the largest tribe in Sabah. The mountain is a revered and sacred site,” he said. | “I never said that they actually caused the earthquake but their actions were against the people of the largest tribe in Sabah. The mountain is a revered and sacred site,” he said. |