Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, who has been on the throne for over five decades, insisted that Brunei was a 'fair' country and the environment for visitors was 'safe and harmonious'.
The Sultan of Brunei has called for 'Islamic teachings to grow stronger' as new sharia laws that punish gay sex and adultery with death by stoning came into force today.
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