Yesterday we copped the latest instalment in the long-running and frankly tiresome series ‘boofhead Aussies doing boofhead things overseas’ in the form of nine blokes jailed in Malaysia for whipping out their Malaysian flag togs during the Formula 1 Grand Prix.
Here’s where it gets juicier, and crosses the line from ‘banter’ to ‘possible international incident’: Fairfax today reports that one of the lads is Jack Walker, a policy adviser to Defence Minister and key Turnbull ally Christopher Pyne. Whoopsy daisy.
Pyne’s office issued a statement in response to Fairfax’s request for comment. “This matter is being handled appropriately by the Australian High Commissioner,” they said. “Until we have a clearer picture of the process at hand it would be unwise to comment further.”
Sepang district police chief Abdul Aziz Ali says that the boys will likely be in jail for four days while the state considers whether it will press charges against them. They’re maybe facing charges of breaching the peace, public indecency and disrespecting the national flag. The most likely outcome, however, is that they’ll just be booted out of the country.
C’mon boys. Don’t be dills.
Source: Fairfax.
Photo: New Strait Times.
