Story highlights A total of four tourists arrested in Malaysia for stripping on mountain

Locals said their behavior was disrespectful, caused earthquake

Mount Kinabalu was rocked by an earthquake Friday in which at least 16 died

(CNN) Police in Malaysia have arrested four foreigners believed to have been part of a group of tourists who stripped naked at the summit of Mount Kinabalu, according to Bernama, Malaysia's official news agency.

The arrested tourists were two Canadian brothers, a Dutch woman and a British woman aged between 20 and 33, said Jalauddin Abdul Rahman, police commissioner in the eastern Malaysian state of Sabah.

The British woman was arrested by police at Tawau Airport on Tuesday as she was about to leave for the capital Kuala Lumpur, Bernama reported.

The other three turned themselves in on Tuesday evening.

A local magistrate's court said they would be held for four days while the "obscene act" that took place on the mountain was investigated.

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