Sensitive Content Brunei to impose death by stoning for gay sex and adultery

[MzKittyKath]

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Adultery and gay sex in Brunei will be subject to death by stoning from next week, authorities said, under a strict Sharia law that has been on hold for four years amid heavy criticism.

 

Rights groups reacted in horror Wednesday to the latest hard-line move from the resource-rich nation on Borneo, which practices a stricter brand of Islam than its neighbors Malaysia and Indonesia.

 

The tiny sultanate will implement the harsh new penal code -- which also prescribes amputation of a hand and foot for theft -- next Wednesday.

 

Homosexuality is already illegal in Brunei but it will now become a capital offense. The law only applies to Muslims. 

 

The new penalty for theft is amputation of the right hand for a first offense, and the left foot for a second offense. 

 

Amnesty International Wednesday urged Brunei to "immediately halt" implementing the new penalties.

 

"To legalize such cruel and inhuman penalties is appalling of itself," Brunei researcher Rachel Chhoa-Howard said in a statement.

 

"Some of the potential 'offenses' should not even be deemed crimes at all, including consensual sex between adults of the same gender."

 

A notice on Brunei's Attorney General's Chambers dated December 29 last year said the provisions will take effect on April 3.

 

Brunei first announced the measures in 2013 but implementation has been delayed as officials worked out the practical details and in the teeth of opposition by rights groups. 

 

However, a spokesman for the Brunei religious affairs ministry Wednesday said only that Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah was expected to make an announcement on April 3 regarding the implementation of the new Sharia laws.

 

"Only after the event we will know regarding the date of the implementation of the new laws," he told AFP Wednesday.

 

"In terms of readiness, at the moment we are prepared to enforce the amputation of the hand for stealing only. That is all."

 

Phil Robertson of Human Rights Watch warned that implementation of the law "will quickly drive the country towards human rights pariah status in the eyes of foreign investors, tourists, and international agencies".

 

He added: "If this ill-considered plan goes forward, there is every reason to believe the global boycott Brunei movement will re-start." 

 

Robertson said Brunei will become the only country in Southeast Asia to punish gay sex with death if it pushes through with the law.

 

Under a shift towards hardline Islamic law, Brunei in 2015 banned excessive Christmas celebrations for fear that Muslims could be led astray.

 

Brunei's Sultan is no stranger to controversy at home -- the monarchy was deeply embarrassed by a family feud with his brother Jefri over the latter's alleged embezzlement of $15 billion during his tenure as finance minister in the 1990s.

 

Court battles and investigations revealed salacious details of Jefri's un-Islamic jetset lifestyle, including claims of a high-priced harem of foreign women and a luxury yacht he owned called "Tits".

 

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LGBTQ and ADULTERY is illegal in brunei they will sentence to death as explains in this artcle

 

whats your opinion

[lighterxx]

 

The tiny sultanate will implement the harsh new penal code -- which also prescribes amputation of a hand and foot for theft -- next Wednesday.

 

dubai has the same(i think....), its Hammurabi rules

[vitaminplus]

Cheaters can die for all I care but wtf is wrong with that government how could they approve this 

[PanWink Is Real]

what are human rights anymore

[YuMing]

that's fucking sick oh my god this makes me want to throw up

 

amputation for theft?????? homosexuality a capital offense but not only that death by STONING??????????????

 

this is stuff that belongs 1000 years in the past what the fuck

[jichuu]

Oh would ya look at that they follow shariah law....

[No1]

Are they living in the Middle Ages? Wtf?

Are they living in the Middle Ages? Wtf?

[Xinon]

Not My Country , No Opinion and I'm refusing to give an opinion to avoid conflict of culture, religion and beliefs 

[YuMing]

Not My Country , No Opinion and I'm refusing to give an opinion to avoid conflict of culture, religion and beliefs 

 

yeah because this is a great topic to troll about

[Xinon]

yeah because this is a great topic to troll about

trolling about this topic is not good , you read the sensitive topic right ? 

[SeriousRonin]

who cares as long as you're never gonna go visit or live in a country that enforces these laws

 

 

there's literally nothing you can do about it

 

 

that's how most islamic countries are

[Xinon]

who cares as long as you're never gonna go visit or live in a country that enforces these laws

 

 

there's literally nothing you can do about it

 

 

that's how most islamic countries are

exactly what I thought but a certain user here was pressed and neg me ,

[Haze]

^ You guys are the fucking worst lol

[SeriousRonin]

exactly what I thought but a certain user here was pressed and neg me , 

 

oh I saw that and there might be another one right above ^

[Haze]

oh I saw that and there might be another one right above ^

I didn't waste any negs on the either of you

 

but if you'd like me to, just ask

[#goddamnitkongwee]

I bet you can't do anything.

[SeriousRonin]

I didn't waste any negs on the either of you

 

but if you'd like me to, just ask

 

 

oH nO pLeAsE dOn'T

 

what would you have said anyway? that i'm terrible for not caring about the 1000 + year old laws from a religion being implemented in some countries?

[Haze]

oH nO pLeAsE dOn'T

 

what would you have said anyway? that i'm terrible for not caring about the 1000 + year old laws from a religion being implemented in some countries?

I was just asking since you guys want to play edge lords over a few negs from the anons, I don't mind helping out said narrative

 

And yes. That's what I literally already said lol

[SeriousRonin]

I was just asking since you guys want to play edge lords over a few negs from the anons, I don't mind helping out said narrative

 

And yes. That's what I literally already said lol

 

 

ohhh ok. my bad that i didn't get that at first. I just wanted to get your BeePee high.

[kookiestealer]

This is sick WTF

[Hei rei]

It's crazy that in the west people are crying for more gay people in movies but in other parts of the world they're introducing new death punishments for them

[Hei rei]

who cares as long as you're never gonna go visit or live in a country that enforces these laws

 

 

there's literally nothing you can do about it

 

 

that's how most islamic countries are

It's true though so idk why it's negged

[STORM BLOOM]

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[STORM BLOOM]

It's crazy that in the west people are crying for more gay people in movies but in other parts of the world they're introducing new death punishments for them

 

Thankfully we already have Gays for decades here and this Kween as the Biggest Superstar around before the West decided they need to pander to the gaysT

 

 

 

 

OT: 

 

Come to my country my fellow Southeast Asian Gay Sistrens!

 

 

We welcome you with open arms here

 

 

[#goddamnitkongwee]

^

First thing come to my mind is Thailand.