Tourists have picked up the highest mountain in Malaysia, four thousander Kinabalu, May 30. At the top they had to strip broth to snap a few pics on social networking sites. They ignored guide who begged them to behave seriously.
Malaysia, where Muslims predominate, is a conservative country. In addition, neighborhood residents think up a saint. Kinabalu name derives from the phrase ‘Aki Nabalu “, which means” holy resting place. “
Therefore, the behavior of tourists infuriated locals.
to appease the spirit Up
As if that were not enough, a few days after the incident area earthquake struck the strength of nearly 6 degrees on the Richter scale. On Kinabalu killed 18 people – citizens of Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, China and Japan. Joseph Pairin Kitingan, deputy head of the state government of Sabah, where there is a mountain, then blurted out that those guilty are these impudent foreigners who showed disrespect. He announced that a special ceremony will be checked in order to “appease the spirit up.”
On Tuesday, police arrested at the airport in Tawau in Sabah the first suspect – 23-year-old British woman Eleanor Hawkins. Apparently derived from Derby, recently completed studies in aeronautical engineering and in January toured Southeast Asia.
On the same day in her hands voluntarily gave up the Canadian siblings and Danielle Lindsey Petersen (23 and 22 years) and 23-year-old Dutchman Dylan Snel. In the group there were six other young people – Malaysians continue their seek. Four prosecuted jointly and severally maintains that she did not know their names, only nicknames …
Tourists waiting for deportation
The Canadian siblings, Briton and the Dutchman landed in the city jail czterometrowym surrounded by a fence with barbed wire. Armed guards watch over it 24 hours a day.
On Friday, they were taken to the besieged by journalists courthouse, where the handcuffed confessed to obscene behavior in public. The court sentenced them to three days in jail (they faced up to three months) and 5 thous. Malaysian ringgit fine (approx. 860 pounds).
As already spent three days in custody, they will be deported soon. This would mean that most likely will escape accountability before the special local customary court. One of the tribal dignitaries local newspaper earlier said that he believed that foreigners should appease the spirit of the mountain, passing the ten buffaloes.
Fashion undressing?
The BBC notes that tourists are increasingly falling into similar trouble. Peruvians arrested many people who took down the Machu Picchu, the famous Inca city. In February, the sisters were arrested from Arizona, who photographed her naked ass in the temple of Angkor Wat in Cambodia. They got a fine.
On the web you can find pictures of nudists at the monument of Jesus in Rio de Janeiro, the Eiffel Tower, the Great Wall of China or the Australian rock Ayers Rock.
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