The nine Australians imprisoned in Malaysia after getting maggot (drunk) at the F1 Grand Prix, stripping down to their Malaysian-flag underpants, and skolling 'shoeys' trackside have been released.But not before one of them fainted in court and the group put together one of the most comically understated apology letters this year.The nine imprisoned Australians were Thomas Whitworth, 28, Branden Stobbs, 29, Edward Leaney, 25, Nicolas Kelly, 27, Thomas Laslett, 28, James Paver, 27, Adam Pasfield, 25, Timothy Yates, 29, and Jack Walker, 26. Adding to the absurdity, Yates is in fact the son of a senior Australian diplomat while Walker is a staffer for Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne — two people who ought to have known better.Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said today he will be taking up the matter with Jack Walker's boss, Minister Pyne, and that Walker should be "considering his future carefully" after triggering an international incident."Certainly the young man involved needs to have a very hard look at himself and I am sure will be considering his future carefully," Mr Turnbull told Adelaide's 5AA radio.During their court appearance, the nine painfully upper middle class toffs presented a letter of apology to the people of Malaysia in which they pleaded ignorance and claimed the problem was all just a matter of "culture differences" being lost in translation."We too have similar fondness and respect to our own Australian national flag, but due to our cultural differences our display of respect and reverence of our national flag is perhaps quite different," the letter read.But that's not true. Wrapping the national flag around your genitals and sweaty arse crack while pouring liquor over your body from a boat-shoe ain't cool here. It just doesn't get you locked up.
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