Penang Nude Sports Games 2014 saga

On 5 August 2014, an article on a Malaysian news website based in Kuala Lumpur named The Rakyat Post drew the general public's attention to a video uploaded to Vimeo purportedly depicting Singaporeans organising a “nude sports games” on a secluded part of Penang island which had begun to make its rounds and had set tongues a-wagging.

The 5-minute-26-second video, which was uploaded on to Vimeo by a user identified only as Axxxxx, showcased 18 nudists holding their annual “Malaysia Nude Sports Games 2014″.

Questions were being asked regarding how such activities could be allowed to take place on Malaysian soil as it was clear that local by-laws had been violated, besides the event going against local culture and sensitivities.

According to the video’s description, the self-proclaimed naturists and nudists had assembled at Teluk Bahang jetty, Penang, where they then made their way to a secluded part of the island, believed to be Pantai Kerachut.

Axxxxx claimed that the 18 of them were the only ones on site.

The event kicked off with participants body painting each other after stripping down before going for a 2km walk and skinny dipping. The group professed to be nature lovers and nudists.

“For once we really get to enjoy the natural environment and atmosphere just as how nature intended it to be,” the video's description read.

The event was believed to have taken place in a day.

A check by The Rakyat Post (TRP) later showed that Axxxxx could be Axxxxx Yxx, who was named as the director in the video.

Further checks by TRP discovered that Yxx was a member of Naturism in Singapore, where he wrote the following in his introduction:

“I am a friendly nudist. I love outdoor activities. I organised nude activities in Singapore. I’m the moderator of SgNudClub. :-)”

=See also=
 * Nudism in Singapore
 * Nudity in East Asian cinema

=References=
 * Sukhbir Cheema, "Nudies in Penang: How was this allowed?", The Rakyat Post, 5 August 2014.