DutchNews.nl, June 12, 2015
Dutch backpacker Dylan
Snel has been sentenced to three days in jail and a fine of around €1,200 for
stripping naked on a Malaysian holy mountain. A Canadian brother and sister and
an English girl received the same sentence, Dutch media say on Friday
afternoon.
Snel’s mother told Dutch reporters she was delighted at the news and
that the sentence could have been worse. ‘We’ve already been checking out the
tickets and perhaps he can leave as early as tomorrow morning,’ she said.
The
four had been held in custody since Tuesday and are expected to be released
immediately.
They were part of a group of Western backpackers arrested after
photos emerged of them stripping naked on Mount Kinabalu
A strong earthquake
hit the mountain last Friday, killing 18 people.
Six days later, Sabah state
deputy chief minister, Joseph Pairin Kitingan, blamed the earthquake on
travellers showing ‘disrespect to the sacred mountain’. A special ritual will
now be conducted to ‘appease the mountain spirit’, the Daily Mail reports.
Dutchman
Dylan Snel, Briton Eleanor Hawkins (maroon top) and
Canadian Danielle Petersen
(black top) are escorted from court in
Kota Kinabalu on Friday. Photograph:
Mohd Asraffirdauz Bin Abdullah/AP
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