First they tagged Nigeria the ''World' Centre of Bank Fraud & Human Trafficking'' when Singer, Mariah Carey performed for Access Bank and yet again Nigeria's name is still being further tarnished in their report relating to Mariah's performance at a party which was believed to be hosted by one of the Sultan of Brunei’s sons on Tuesday evening.
She was joined by her husband Nick Cannon and gorgeous twins Monroe and Morocco, the 43-year-old pulled out all the stops wearing a low-cut silver frock at the lavish event held at the Dorchester Hotel, unconcerned about ruffling any feathers.
The report reads:
Mariah Carey has started a new holiday tradition: performing for dictators! RadarOnline.com has learned that just weeks after she raked in $1 million for a performance for the controversial President of Angola, she spent New Year’s Eve singing at a party hosted by the Sultan of Brunei, whom CBS News has called one of “the world’s enduring dictators.”
Carey seemed clueless as to her host Hassanal Bolkiah’s background as she happily pranced across the stage in a low-cut, sparkly gown, while A-listers like Jerry Hall, Emmy Rossum, and John Travolta watched.
(Though Carey made an “appearance” on Carson Daly’s New Year’s Eve show, such performances are often pre-recorded.)
Carey’s New Year’s host at London’s Dorchester Hotel — and likely the one who signed her paycheck — has been “absolute ruler” of the nation of Brunei since 1967 and amended the country’s constitution to make himself “infallible” in 2006. According to CBS News, his government has been accused of “arbitrary detention; limiting freedoms of press, speech and assembly; restricting religious freedom; discriminating against women; restricting labor rights; and exploitation of foreign workers.”
Bolkiah also recently announced that he will rule his country according to Islamic Sharia laws in 2014, which will make it legal for adulterers to be stoned to death, thieves to have their hands cut off, and worse.
Carey will likely plead ignorance to his behavior, though she has been close friends with the Sultan’s son, Prince Azim, for years. That’s been her course of action after she was caught accepting cash from other dictators in the past.
Just last month, she was rumored to have been paid $1 million to perform for the President of Angola, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has ruled his poverty-stricken nation with an iron fist for more than 30 years, amid rumors of kidnapping and torturing dissidents.
She also performed for money managers in the blood-drenched nation of Nigeria in early December.
And five years ago, she spent her New Year’s Eve performing for Mutassim Gaddafi, one of notorious Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s sons. She apologized for the gig three years later and offered to donate funds to charity in retribution.
Tabloids mostly don't know any better
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