Budgie Nine: Eight Australians arrive home after Malaysian stripping scandal

One of the so-called ‘Budgie Nine’ has arrived home with a warning for other Australians travelling abroad to be aware of the “cultural differences”.

Nick Kelly was one of eight members of the group to fly home from Malaysia today after being locked up and brought before a court for their strip at the Formula One grand prix.

In his first public comment about the ordeal, the 27-year-old urged others to “know and respect” the cultural sensitivities of other nations as he arrived in Sydney airport this afternoon.

"We are very glad to be home at this time, we’d like to take this opportunity to express our deep gratitude and thanks to the Australian consulate in Malaysia, as well as to our families for all they have done for us over the last couple of days," he said.

"We’d like to urge all Australians travelling overseas in the future to be very aware of the cultural differences and sensitivities that exist in other nations.

“We’d like to take this opportunity to respect our families privacies at this time."

Mr Kelly and his eight mates were detained on Sunday for "public indecency" for wearing swimwear bearing the Malaysian flag to celebrate Australian racer Daniel Ricciardo's win at the Sepang Formula One Grand Prix.

Malaysian police also allege they were under the influence of alcohol.

The men faced the Sepang Magistrates Court yesterday morning, after spending four nights in custody.

One of them, Thomas Whitworth, collapsed in the dock and dragged one of his co-accused to the ground with him by their shared handcuffs.

Eight of the nine men left Malaysia for Singapore last night after being freed from jail and avoiding criminal charges.

The last of the nine, Jack Walker, remained in Kuala Lumpur last night with his father John.

Mr Walker is a political staffer with Christopher Pyne’s office.

Commenting on the matter, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Malaysian authorities had been "very lenient" and the men had been "very repentant".

Mr Turnbull will be talking to Mr Pyne when he returns from overseas about Mr Walker's future as a ministerial adviser.

"He needs to have a very hard look at himself and I'm sure will be considering his future carefully," Mr Turnbull told Adelaide radio.

With AAP