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Nine Australian men arrested in Malaysia after stripping down to matching Malaysian swimwear have escaped conviction after pleading guilty to public nuisance. Image: Edward Leaney, front left, and Jack Walker, front right, leave the Sepang Magistrate in Sepang, Malaysia, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. (AP)


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Nine Australian men arrested in Malaysia after stripping down to matching Malaysian swimwear have escaped conviction after pleading guilty to public nuisance. Image: Edward Leaney, front left, and Jack Walker, front right, leave the Sepang Magistrate in Sepang, Malaysia, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. (AP)


The nine men, including Jack Walker an advisor to Cabinet Minister Christopher Pyne, took part in a drunken display to celebrate Daniel Ricciardo's win at the Formula One Grand Prix.

 

They stripped down to their swimmers which featured the Malaysian flag and drank beer out of a shoe.


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