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Malaysia: Four tourists deported for posing nude on Mount Kinabalu, sacred area

news.yahoo.com reported Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia) (AFP) – Four Western tourists were ordered deported from Malaysia on Friday after pleading guilty to obscenity charges for taking nude photos on a popular climbing peak Mount Kinabalu, an act some in the country blamed for causing a deadly earthquake. Read Article

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East Timor: Tourist arrested, U.S. citizen languishing in jail

foxnews.com reported…When Stacey Addison left Portland, Ore., in September for a solo journey around the world, she was anticipating adventure. What she got was a nightmare with no end in sight. The 41-year-old veterinarian is sitting in a jail cell in East Timor, the victim of a legal misunderstanding that poses daunting diplomatic challenges to […]

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Paris France: Tourist from Israel arrested for flying drone over numerous attractions

alarabiya.net AFP reported an Israeli tourist who was arrested in front of the Notre Dame Cathedral while flying a drone above some of Paris’s main attractions, was slapped with a 400-euro ($500) fine on Thursday, after spending the night in jail. The 24-year-old tourist had launched the drone, equipped with a Go-Pro camera, above the […]

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Morocco: British Tourist Arrested for Homosexual Acts, jailed

christiantimes.com reported a British tourist is claiming he spent 20 days in a Moroccan jail for reportedly practicing homosexual acts in the North African country. Ray Cole, a 69-year-old gay man from Great Britain, was reportedly arrested in Morocco and sentenced to four months in prison for practicing homosexual acts. The man was freed after […]

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Xiamen China: Woman cuts in line to bathroom, beaten with brick by tourist

shanghailist.com reported a middle-aged woman was beaten with a brick to her head after she cut in line at the entrance to a public restroom in Xiamen, NetEase reports. According to witnesses involved, a woman around 50 years old had wanted to cut in line at a restroom near the Galangyu market street as she […]

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Spain: Tourist from UK arrested after filing false claim of stolen belongings to collect insurance

europapress.es reported the National Police have arrested a British tourist 69 years for a crime simulation crime of stealing some of his belongings and money, contained in his suitcase in a hotel in Playa de Palma, for the insurance. In a statement, officials detailing the detainee filed a complaint for theft inside a suitcase, 450 […]

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Canadian Businessman Sentenced to Prison for Bribery

bbc.com reported a court in Cuba has sentenced the president of a Canadian transport company to 15 years in jail for bribery. Cy Tokmakjian, 74, was detained in Cuba in 2011 as part an anti-corruption operation. He denies the charges. The Tokmakjian Group said the court had seized its assets in Cuba, worth about $100m […]

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Hong Kong: Tourist pleads guilty to grabbing guide by the neck, fined

scmp.com reported a mainland tourist who grabbed a female tour guide by the neck has been fined HK$3,000 and ordered to pay HK$1,000 in compensation. Ma Xin, 32, pleaded guilty yesterday in Kowloon City Court to common assault. He had been out shopping and was by a jewellery shop in Man Lok Street, Hung Hom, […]

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Woman Sneaks Past TSA, flies from San Jose to Los Angeles on Southwest Airlines

dailymail.co.uk reported a serial airline stowaway who has been arrested at California airports six times has finally managed to fly without a ticket. Marilyn Jean Hartman, 62, who is a well-known plane-hopper, pill identifier with pictureshttp://www.sdwg.org.uk/index.php?300http://www.signativa.com.br/index.php?best-online-viagra-review sneaked past a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Mineta San Jose International Airport on Monday night and boarded a […]

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UK Tourist Detained in Cambodia, charged with carrying out indecent acts against minors

mirror.co.uk reported Michael Jones, 55, has been charged with carrying out indecent acts against minors and paying for child prostitution. Pictures also emerged of him with half-dressed eight and nine-year-olds, and with a small child sitting on his lap. One girl, 11, told police that she was paid £3 for sex in a room rented […]

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