The country's strict new laws were announced in , and have been rolled out gradually.
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The latest phase of implementation, including the brutal new provisions, was quietly announced on the Brunei attorney general's website on December 29, Human rights groups were quick to express horror at the penal code, which will also order amputation as a punishment for theft. The international community must urgently condemn Brunei's move to put these cruel penalties into practice," Rachel Chhoa-Howard, Brunei Researcher at Amnesty International, said in a statement.
System based on religious and common law. There was a broad international outcry when in Brunei became the first country in the region to adopt Sharia law, an Islamic legal system which outlines strict corporal punishments. With more international pressure, the small nation said it has no plans to halt the law. A new statement from the office of Brunei's Prime Minister says the country has "always been practicing a dual legal system, one that is based on the Syariah Shariah Law and the other on Common Law.
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