UK: Conservative Party scrapped Brunei-owned hotel event over anti-gay laws

Britain's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt called off the fundraiser for the governing Conservative Party after Brunei introduced the death penalty for gay sex among several harsh new sharia laws.

Jeremy Hunt called off the fundraiser for the governing Conservative Party after the southeast Asian country introduced the measure among several harsh new sharia laws, a government source said.

The event, at which Hunt was due to speak, had been set to take place on April 2.

The Times newspaper reported that the fundraiser is understood to have been rearranged for another venue in the coming weeks.

«It´s true», a government source said when asked to confirm The Times’ story.