67 MEN TO BE WHIPPED IN SAUDI ARABIA FOR DRESSING AS WOMEN!

Sixty-seven Filipino men working in Saudi Arabia face jail and lashes after being arrested at a party in drag, officials said Saturday.

"They had alcohol and some were dressed up like women," Philippines embassy Vice Consul Roussel Reyes said.

Both drinking and cross-dressing are forbidden under Saudi Arabia's conservative Islam-based sharia laws, and both could bring up to six months in prison and lashes.

None were charged with homosexual acts, a much more serious charge under Saudi law, Reyes said.

The men have all been released to their employers while formal charges are drawn up, he added.