Four plead guilty over nude pictures on Mount Kinabalu

Four Western tourists have pleaded guilty in a Malaysian court to obscenity charges over nude photos taken at the summit of Mount Kinabalu.

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The British, Dutch and Canadian defendants entered their pleas in a court in Kota Kinabalu, capital of the state of Sabah on Borneo Island.

The four were charged with committing an "obscene act in a public place", which carries a possible jail term of three months or a fine.

Some locals have suggested the act angered tribal spirits said to dwell on the mountain, causing the 6.0-magnitude earthquake last week that left 18 people dead.