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Ausie Tourists Detained in Malaysia

Australian spectators with swimwear bearing a Malaysian flag during the Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang

Australian spectators with swimwear bearing a Malaysian flag during the Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang Source: Getty Images

Malaysian race officials are angry at nine Australians who stripped down to swimwear after Aussie Daniel Ricciardo won the Sepang Formula 1 Grand Prix.They deserve to be locked up, a race official says.The nine men bared swimwear, also known as 'budgy smugglers' in Australia, sporting the Malaysia flag after Australian Daniel Ricciardo took out the Sepang Formula 1 Grand Prix.Here is the comment on the story from a Malaysia lawyer James Ee.



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