British backpacker Eleanor Hawkins arrested for posing naked on a sacred mountainignored warnings from her Malaysian guide, police said.
She and three Western tourists, also being held, are also accused of calling him a "stupid man" and saying "go to hell," before taking a group photo and a selfie, according to the arrest report.
The 24-year-old former independent school head girl recently graduated with a master's degree in aeronautical engineering from Southampton University.
She was arrested on Tuesday at Tawau airport while attempting to board a flight to the capital Kuala Lumpur.
Police swooped after investigating pictures showing 10 Westerners stripping off onthe 4,000 metre tall Mount Kinabalu on May 30.
Six days later, the country saw one of the biggest earthquakes in decades kill at least 16 people and many locals and politicians believe it was caused by the nude climbers 'offending the mountain god'.
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