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cnn business: The move was first reported by the Financial Times, according to CNN. Shell's stand on LGBT rights under scrutiny over Brunei's anti-gay laws JPMorgan JPM confirmed the hotel ban to CNN Business but a spokesman declined to answer questions about its business activities in Brunei and other countries that discriminate against LGBT people. America's largest bank is the second major financial institution after Deutsche Bank DB to direct staff to avoid hotels including London's Dorchester and Los Angeles' Beverly Hills Hotel. Celebrities including Elton John and George Clooney have called on companies to boycott the hotels after Brunei brought in laws earlier this month that make gay sex and adultery punishable by stoning. Dealing with Riyadh Gay sex is a crime in 72 countries, according to Amnesty International, and punishable by death in eight of them including Iran and Saudi Arabia. Read More Clooney wrote late last month in an opinion piece for Deadline that governments are difficult to influence but you can shame the banks, the financiers and the institutions that do business with them. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.