ChinesePod Today: Brunei to Implement Capital Punishment for Gay Sex and Adultery (simp. characters)
- 5 years ago
ChinesePod News (April 08, 2019) - Edited
As of April 3, Brunei will enforce the death penalty as punishment for gay sex and adultery between Muslim citizens. The penal code update is based on the country’s implementation of sharia law. The United Nations and numerous human rights groups have condemned the measures as inhuman and cruel.
NOTE: This video features SIMPLIFIED characters, which are used in Mainland China. For viewers studying the form of written Chinese used in Hong Kong and Taiwan (traditional), the traditional-character version of this story (alongside all others of ChinesePod Today) is available at https://youtu.be/wNA8ydxUze8
This ChinesePod Today news broadcast includes the following vocabulary:
刑法典: penal code
惨无人道: brutal; inhuman
谴责: to denounce
兼任: to hold a concurrent post
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As of April 3, Brunei will enforce the death penalty as punishment for gay sex and adultery between Muslim citizens. The penal code update is based on the country’s implementation of sharia law. The United Nations and numerous human rights groups have condemned the measures as inhuman and cruel.
NOTE: This video features SIMPLIFIED characters, which are used in Mainland China. For viewers studying the form of written Chinese used in Hong Kong and Taiwan (traditional), the traditional-character version of this story (alongside all others of ChinesePod Today) is available at https://youtu.be/wNA8ydxUze8
This ChinesePod Today news broadcast includes the following vocabulary:
刑法典: penal code
惨无人道: brutal; inhuman
谴责: to denounce
兼任: to hold a concurrent post
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