Thailand to deport Glitter to Asian country

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

BANGKOK (AFP) — Thailand Wednesday moved to deport former British glam rocker Gary Glitter, one day after he finished jail time in Vietnam for child sex offences, and indicated that he could be bound for another Asian country.

The order was set to end Glitter's state of limbo since he arrived late Tuesday at Bangkok airport from Vietnam, where he had spent almost three years behind bars for committing obscene acts with two girls aged 11 and 12.

The 64-year-old singer had been due to board a connecting flight to London but instead stayed in the airport complaining of chest pains.

A doctor pronounced him fit to fly, saying he was suffering only a minor inflammation in his chest, a medical official at the airport told AFP.

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