Canadian, Dutch and German tourists who posed naked on top of 'sacred' mountain are blamed by Malaysian government for causing earthquake that killed 16

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake that killed 16 people on Mount Kinabalu on Friday is being blamed on a group of foreign tourists who stripped naked and took photos on the sacred mountain.
Deputy Chief Minister of the state of Sabah - where the mountain is located - Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan (bottom left) said 'There is almost certainly a connection' between the tourists and the earthquake, and that 'local beliefs and customs are not to be disrespected'.