The Beverly Hills City Council on Tuesday night approved a resolution condemning new laws targeting gays and women in the Southeast Asian sultanate of Brunei and urged the government to divest itself of the Beverly Hills Hotel.
The move heightens the growing political backlash against the Beverly Hills Hotel and Hotel Bel-Air, also owned by Brunei. Celebrities including Jay Leno and Ellen DeGeneres have already called for boycotts.
Los Angeles Times10:45 p.m.: At the meeting, speakers discussed both their outrage at the law and concern about the fate of workers at the hotel. Some hoped Brunei would recind the law rather then divesting from the hotel.
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