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# Sultan of Brunei

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Attorney General postpones trip to Brunei-owned hotel hit with protests over anti-gay laws

Brunei’s has adopted harsh new sharia laws, including the death penalty for gay sex.

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Apr 10th 2019, 7:10 PM

The Sultan of Brunei has cancelled Christmas

Christmas has been banned in the tiny kingdom in a shift towards hardline Islamic law.

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Dec 24th 2015, 9:51 AM

The Sultan of Brunei's plane is in Dublin, but why?

One of three planes owned by one of the world’s wealthiest men touched down in Dublin yesterday, but nobody is entirely sure for what reason.

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Aug 26th 2013, 2:33 PM