The British backpacker jailed for stripping on a sacred Malaysian mountain has apologised for causing offence.
"I know my behaviour was foolish and I know how much offence we all caused to the local people of Sabah. For that, I am truly sorry," she said.
She said: "I just want to say how relieved and happy I am to finally be home.
A British backpacker who stripped off on a sacred Malaysian mountain has publicly apologised for what she called her "foolish behaviour" after arriving back in the UK. Eleanor Hawkins was deported from Malaysia yesterday after admitting public indecency.
ITV News reporter Olivia Paterson explains:
The father of a British woman arrested with four others after stripping naked on a sacred mountain in Malaysia has spoken to his daughter
A British woman has been arrested in Malaysia for allegedly stripping naked on top of a mountain - an act locals say caused an earthquake.