Brunei Penal Codes Cause Orgs to Cancel Plans with Beverly Hills Hotel
The Hollywood Reporter announced that it would end a 20 year tradition of hosting its annual Women in Entertainment breakfast at the Beverly Hills Hotel yesterday. The hotel is owned by an investment agency through the Sultan of Brunei, who instituted “a severe new penal code based on Sharia law that calls for death by stoning for homosexuals and adulterers.”
“The recent despicable decisions by the Sultan of Brunei make it impossible for us to consider moving forward in any way with any hotel that is part of the Dorchester Collection,” said Janice
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