Bali model wore burqa for protection

Australian model Michelle Leslie has revealed why she wore a burqa during her stay in a Balinese prison on drugs charges.

She said she wore the traditional Muslim headdress to protect herself from men inside the prison.

The 25-year-old said she adopted the burqa after waking in the middle of the night to find a man sitting at the end of her mattress stroking her leg and making sexual comments.

- NEWSTALK ZB