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The Washington Post and Mt Kinabalu’s 'Naked Blogger'

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Jun 16, 2015
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Remember the kerfuffle about the naked foreign tourists who climbed Malaysia’s Mt. Kinabalu, stripped, urinated and caused an earthquake that killed 18 people?

That story didn’t happen as it was reported. Although several people were charged and deported after being jailed briefly for causing public nuisance, allegedly for angering the spirits of the mou…

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