Which of course annoys some of the locals enormously
That's the background to this
Tourist who posed topless, Eleanor Hawkins, returns to Britain; apologizes
Eleanor Hawkins was one of four foreigners, including two Canadians, charged in Malaysia after removing their clothes and posing for a photograph on Mount Kinabalu.
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A photo posted to the Kinabalu Park's facebook show the 10 tourists who posed naked at Mount Kinabalu on May 30.
LONDON—Eleanor Hawkins has returned to England and apologized to the people of Malaysia for having posed topless on a sacred mountain.
The student, who served a three-day jail term in Malaysia’s Sabah state before being set free, says she knows her actions had been wrong.
She said Sunday that “I know my behaviour was foolish and I know how much offence we all caused to the local people of Sabah. For that, I am truly sorry.”
The 23-year-old seemed near tears as she read a statement outside her family’s home in Draycott, 195 kilometres north of London. She says she’s relieved to be home.
Hawkins was one of four foreigners charged in Malaysia after removing their clothes and posing for a photograph on Mount Kinabalu. Saskatchewan siblings Danielle and Lindsey Peterson, along with a Hawkins and a Dutch man, Dylan Snel, pleaded guilty to a charge of committing obscene acts in a public place.
The four — who avoided trial by pleading guilty — were reportedly sentenced to three days in jail from the time of arrest on June 9, meaning they had already served their time.
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