Malaysia

Two Canadians accused of causing an earthquake by posing ***** a top Malaysian mountain

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – ****** have detained four Westerners accused of posing ***** to take photos on a Malaysian mountain – an act that has been blamed for causing the earthquake that ****** 18 climbers last week.

****** obtained a court order to detain them for four days while they’re investigated for indecent behaviour, Sabah state ****** chief Jalaluddin Abdul Rahman said Wednesday.

Two Canadian siblings and a Dutch male surrendered at a ****** station in Sabah on Tuesday evening, he said. A British woman was detained at a Sabah airport earlier Tuesday while trying to fly to Kuala Lumpur.

Malaysia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry earlier identified the siblings to The Canadian Press news agency as Lindsey Petersen and Danielle Petersen.

They were believed to be part of a group of 10 people who stripped ***** before taking photos at Mount Kinabalu on May 30.

A magnitude-5.9 earthquake Friday sent rocks and boulders raining down the trekking routes on the 4,095-meter-high (13,453-foot-high) mountain, ******* 18 climbers.

The ******* were nine Singaporeans, six Malaysians and a Filipino, a Chinese and a Japanese national.

The quake damaged roads and buildings in Sabah and broke one of the twin rock formations on the mountain known as the “Donkey’s Ears.”

Sabah Deputy Chief Minister Joseph Pairin Kitingan has blamed the tragedy on the foreigners for showing “disrespect to the sacred mountain” by posing ***** at the peak. He has said a special ritual will be conducted to “appease the mountain spirit.”

 






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