Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. Photo: EPA
Gays face death by stoning in Brunei, the ‘Saudi of Southeast Asia’. Really?
- The tiny oil-rich nation has been criticised by Ellen and Elton John since imposing a strict new Islamic penal code that prescribes death by stoning for gay and extramarital sex
- But many of those who have lived and worked in the country suggest the law is mostly for show
Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. Photo: EPA