KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): A Malaysian court on Thursday dismissed a case against nine Australians arrested for stripping down to their swim wear at last Sunday's Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix. "Let this serve as a reminder to all of you to learn about our local cultures and customs," he said. Defence counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah had argued in mitigation that some of the nine were part-time beach lifesavers and that stripping down to their swimming trunks was "second nature" to them. One of the men, Thomas Whitworth, 28, also read out a letter of apology on behalf of the group. Last year, four Western tourists were fined and deported from Malaysia after posing naked on Mount Kinabalu in Sabah, angering locals who consider the mountain sacred.

Source: The Edge Markets October 06, 2016 07:07 UTC