Brunei's Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah. Image: Xinhua News Agency/PA Images Brunei's Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah. Image: Xinhua News Agency/PA Images THE DEPARTMENT OF Foreign Affairs has said that it has revised its travel advice for Brunei-Darussalam after it implemented harsh new sharia laws on Wednesday.
The laws have made Brunei the first country in East or Southeast Asia to have a sharia penal code at the national level, joining several mostly Middle Eastern countries such as Saudi Arabia. Brunei is ruled by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah who owns the Brunei Investment Agency which includes The Dorchester Hotel in its portfolio of luxury hotels.
A spokesperson for the Department said that after “the introduction of severe punishments for certain crimes, including some that are not offences in Ireland”, that the Irish government had revised its travel advice . …We strongly recommend that Irish citizens familiarise themselves with and observe local law and customs before visiting Brunei, including shariah/syariah/sharia law.
It's the same advice it gives for all Islamic countries, but why bother look it up.
Official advice: 'Dont fucking go'
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