The suspect being taken into custody.
KOTA KINABALU: One of the foreign tourists from a group of 10 wanted by police for stripping and urinating on top of Mount Kinabalu on May 30 has been arrested.
Sabah CID chief Sr Asst Comm II Datuk Sallehuddin Abdul Rahman confirmed the arrest of a 38-year old European who was trying to leave for the Philippines after arriving from Tawau at about 4.20 Monday.
It is learnt he was arrested while trying to take a flight out of the Kota Kinabalu low-cost terminal in Tanjung Aru here after arriving from Tawau.
Sallehuddin said they would record his statement before taking the next course of action.
The case is being investigated under Section 290 of the Penal Code for public nuisance, which carries a fine of up to RM400.
The suspect is believed to be part of a group of 27 climbers who scaled the mountain on May 30, when 10 of them posed naked and started urinating on the mountain, photographs of which went viral on social media.
This angered local Kadazandusun elders who said such antics insulted them as they considered the mountain sacred ground.
Some have even asked that those responsible be charged in a Native Court.
