LONDON • Travel agents, London's transport network and finance houses were among a rising number of companies to cut ties with businesses owned by Brunei to protest against the sultanate's introduction of the death penalty for gay sex and adultery.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LONDON • Travel agents, London's transport network and finance houses were among a rising number of companies to cut ties with businesses owned by Brunei to protest against the sultanate's introduction of the death penalty for gay sex and adultery.
STA Travel, a global travel agency owned by privately held Swiss conglomerate Diethelm Keller Group, said it would no longer sell flights on national carrier Royal Brunei Airlines. Deutsche Bank banned its staff from staying in the nine luxury hotels of the Dorchester Collection, which is owned by Brunei's state-owned Brunei Investment Agency .
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