Capital punishment in Brunei

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Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Brunei, The last executions are known to be of Sanli bin Sunggoh on 28 February 1992. Capital crimes in Brunei include murder, terrorism, drug trafficking, abetting suicide, arson, kidnapping, treason, mutiny, perjury and as of 2019, homosexuality.In April, 2014, Brunei introduced a new penal code which implemented elements of Sharia law and instituted the death penalty (by stoning) for adultery, sodomy, rape, apostasy, blasphemy, and insulting Islam. The legal methods of execution in Brunei are hanging and, since 2014, stoning

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