“Looming penalties for homosexuality, adultery and other sharia-law crimes in the oil-rich nation of Brunei sparked a protest Monday in front of the iconic Beverly Hills Hotel and are expected to draw formal condemnation from the City Council.

The Beverly Hills Hotel and the Hotel Bel-Air are part of the Dorchester Collection of properties owned by the Brunei Investment Agency, an arm of the Brunei government, which has come under widespread criticism since Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah last week announced the new criminal code based on sharia law.

Under the first phase of the new legal code introduced last week, fines and jail terms can be imposed for failing to attend Friday prayers, indecent behavior and pregnancies outside of marriage. A second phase later this year prescribes the severing of limbs and flogging for property crimes.”* Ana Kasparian, Dave Rubin (The Rubin Report) and Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show) break it down on The Young Turks.

*Read more here from Martha Groves, Nabih Bulos, Matt Stevens / LA Times:
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sultan-brunei-beverly-hills-20140505-story.html