In a statement Brooksby said the school had an ethos of tolerance and understanding. Headmaster Tom Brooksby confirmed that Hawkins was head girl, that she attended the school from 19, and that the school would be making a statement later. Hawkins was a head girl at a private school in Derbyshire, it emerged on Thursday. It adds: “You should also dress modestly, particularly in conservative and rural areas and when visiting places of worship.” But it urges tourists to “respect local traditions, customs, laws and religions at all times and be aware of your actions to ensure that they don’t offend”. The current travel advice to Malaysia makes no mention of the incident. They are going to review it … they may include it as a warning so that it doesn’t happen again.” The Foreign Office, which is providing consular assistance to Hawkins, said: “The travel advice team are going to discuss with the Malaysian desk how best they think the travel advice should be updated in light of this incident.
She went to Malaysia at the start of May and later that month travelled to Borneo, it said.Įleanor Hawkins has been travelling in Malaysia as part of a gap year. It added that Eleanor had been travelling in south-east Asia since January as part of a gap year. It said: “We hope that the Malaysian authorities deal with the misdemeanour and not link it to the unfortunate tragic events that occurred the following week.” The family statement repeats a plea for clemency that Tim Hawkins made to the Malaysian authorities in an interview with the Guardian on Wednesday. It has been reported that Sabah’s indigenous Kadazan Dusun people believed the tourists’ behaviour angered the spirit of the mountain and was the reason for a magnitude 5.9 earthquake which six days later struck near the mountain, killing 18 climbers. Officials in Sabah state, in the northern half of the island of Borneo, accused the tourists of showing “disrespect to the sacred mountain”. His statement added: “She has never been in any sort of trouble before.” The British woman’s father, Tim Hawkins, said: “She knows what she did was stupid and disrespectful and is very sorry for the offence that she has caused the Malaysian people.” The New Straits Times had said he was arrested on Wednesday, but its report has since been amended to make clear that he is not in custody.Įleanor Hawkins appeared in court on Wednesday It is unclear whether Kaminski was actually involved in the stunt, or is seeking to profit from its notoriety. “Jesus Christ people, it’s just a fucking mountain,” he said, before reading out some of the insults he had received in response to an earlier post about the affair. “To say something that fucking stupid you really need to have lobotomised yourself on a piece of heavy machinery,” Kaminski said. The travel blogger posted a video in which he criticised officials for linking the stunt and the earthquake. The New Straits Times reports he is facing charges of indecent exposure and insulting the local culture and people through social media postings. It has been speculated that self-styled “perpetual backpacker” Emil Kaminski, 33, led the group of tourists up the mountain. Police in Malaysia are continuing to hunt for the other six in the photograph, but it is understood that most if not all of the group have since left the country.Ī third Canadian has reportedly been charged in connection with the nudist stunt.
Hawkins is being held in a police cell after being remanded in court on Wednesday with three others – Canadian siblings Danielle and Lindsey Petersen, and a Dutch man, Dylan Snel. The UK Foreign Office confirmed it was reviewing its advice to avoid a repeat of the incident. Her family issued a statement on Thursday saying she knew what she did was “stupid and disrespectful” and that she was very sorry for the offence caused.
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