Mount Kinabalu may be ‘angry with nudists’


PETALING JAYA: To the locals in Sabah, the imposing Mount Kinabalu has its aki (mountain protectors) who were angered that the peak was desecrated by tourists who stripped there.

One may dismiss this as a superstitious way to explain the earthquake, but the hundreds of postings on The Star Online’s Facebook page called for greater understanding of different cultures.

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