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Elton John Joins Clooney Boycott of Brunei-Owned Hotels
The Bel-Air Hotel in Los Angeles.
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Elton John has urged a boycott of luxury hotels owned by the Brunei sovereign wealth fund, over potential new anti-gay laws that would make homosexual sex punishable by death by stoning.
Brunei is due to enact legislation this week, making those found guilty of adultery or same-sex acts liable to whipping or stoning. The 72-year-old musician took to Twitter after actor George Clooney highlighted the issue in a website posting last week.