The Australian government will question Brunei over its new criminal law regime – whose punishments include limb amputation for theft and stoning to death for adultery or homosexuality – before deciding whether to proceed with trade negotiations with the tiny, but oil-rich, Sultanate.
The dictatorship on the island of Borneo faces increasing international hostility over its draconian new laws, and democratic countries are being urged to break off trade talks in protests.
The United Nations called the laws illegal and inhuman. Amnesty International says they will send the country “back to the Dark Ages”. [The Sydney Morning Herald] Read more
