South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, talks with Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, left, during their meeting at the sultan's palace earlier this month. (Yonhap/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)Beginning next week, gay sex and adultery will be punishable by death by stoning in Brunei under a new law that comes into effect April 3. A strict set of new laws was announced in 2014 by the country’s sultan, Hassanal Bolkiah, who doubles as the prime minister. “I call on the Sultanate of #Brunei to withdraw the death penalty by stoning [for] homosexual acts between consenting adults. Brunei has had a de facto ban on capital punishment and Brunei does care about its international image,” Harding wrote.

Source: Washington Post March 28, 2019 14:05 UTC