Elton John has joined George Clooney in calling for a boycott of nine Brunei-owned hotels over the sultanate’s new death penalty laws for gay sex and adultery.
The nine hotels mentioned by Clooney, in the US, Britain, France and Ital, include London’s exclusive Dorchester and the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles.
The 72-year-old, a veteran gay rights campaigner, said his “heart went out” to staff at the hotels, but that “we must send a message, however we can, that such treatment is unacceptable”.
The Dorchester was not available for immediate comment on the boycott.