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Dancing at KK mosque: 2 Chinese tourists fined RM25
The women, who are dance teachers, were earlier arrested at a hotel before being brought to court and put on a flight home to China.
KOTA KINABALU: Two Chinese tourists filmed dancing in an indecent manner at the city mosque here last week were slapped with a RM25 fine, or seven days’ jail, at the Magistrate’s Court here today.
The women — Zhang Na, 25, and Wang Han, 37 — admitted in front of Magistrate Cindy McJuce Balitus to committing indecent behaviour in a public place by dancing on the perimeter wall of the mosque at 4.30pm last Saturday.
The duo, who are dance teachers, were earlier picked up by city police at a hotel in town at 11am today following a police report lodged by Sabah Islamic Consolidation Organisation (PPIS) head Nani Sakam on Sunday.
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Published on Jun 24, 2018
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The Straits TimesVerified account @STcom
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – A Malaysian mosque has banned tourists after a video of two female visitors in skimpy outfits dancing in front of the Muslim holy site went viral online.
The pair, of East Asian appearance and believed to be foreigners, were filmed doing the dance in skimpy shorts and tops exposing their midriffs on a wall outside the main mosque in the city of Kota Kinabalu, a popular site for visitors and tour groups.
Residents and local Muslim groups were incensed by the risque moves outside the holy site on Borneo island, which is renowned for its huge blue and gold dome and ornate minarets.
An outraged onlooker can be heard in the video saying: “Why don’t they just fall off the wall?”
Mosque chairman Jamal Sakaran at the weekend slammed “the unacceptable behaviour by foreign tourists” and announced a temporary halt to any tourists visiting the mosque in Sabah state, adding the move was to preserve the sanctity of Islam.
The nationality of the women involved was not clear.
State Tourism Minister Christina Liew told The Star newspaper legal action would not be taken against the pair as they were likely unaware of the severity of their actions. But authorities wanted to track them down to explain “that something they deemed as ‘fun’ was actually disrespectful and not right in Sabah”.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-mosque-bans-tourists-after-sexy-dance-goes-viral
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AsiaOneVerified account @sphasiaone 2 hours ago
No action to be taken against ‘dancing tourists’ at Sabah mosque, says deputy chief minister
KOTA KINABALU – Tourism authorities have decided not to take any legal action on two tourists who were filmed dancing in front of the city mosque here recently.
State Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Christina Liew said they have decided not to pursue the case in court because they believe the tourists were unaware of the severity of their actions.
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