I do fine them and then fly them out.....In today's culture 'shame' for poor behaviour appears to be almost ridiculed so I would insist that any cultural insult should be repaid in reasonable currency....As this is the language the west understands.

This whole case seems to be the result of what you get when you put crass and possibly entitled westerners, who think they can treat everything like a 'product to be consumed', on a holiday in a land with a different cultural mindset.

Similarly, the reaction to this crass and immature behaviour is also a bit backward but silly ideas are allowed everywhere.....To me, they thinking a mountain could be insulted is no more silly than our various religions here thinking than there's an old man in the sky updating a virtual spreadsheet on the rights and wrongs of their moral behaviour.

Prison time is an over-reaction and will damage their tourist trade.....Fine the fools and fly them out.

Been found guilty ...been given 3 days each in prison

I'm sure that was a very valid and worthwhile expenditure of Malaysan public resources. The Judge showed a degree of proportion in contrast to the police, who have a task force actively searching for the other 8 people...

Didn't these people also p1ss on the "sacred" mountain as well as strip off?

I'm pretty sure there would be harsh penalties over here if someone was caught p1ssing on (lets say) The Cenotaph.

Foreign culture/customs/beliefs may seem trivial to us but we should respect it when visiting their countries, just as we would expect people to behave appropriately here.

1 - Cheers Stuk Top man. I can always do some work tomorrow

2 - Venezuela till I die

3 - Who can I speak to to get a Boob Talk forum?