Glitter refused entry to Hong Kong: British foreign office

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

HONG KONG (AFP) — Former glam rocker and convicted paedophile Gary Glitter was refused entry to Hong Kong Wednesday after being thrown out of Thailand, the British foreign ministry said.

Chinese authorities told London that they denied the 64-year-old entry at 11:00 pm local time (1500 GMT). He was earlier declared "persona non grata" by the Thai authorities and it was not immediately clear where he was headed next.

Glitter arrived in Bangkok late Tuesday after being deported from Vietnam, where he had just finished serving nearly three years in prison for committing obscene acts with two girls aged 11 and 12.

He was then denied entry to Thailand because of his conviction, and Thai authorities had initially said he would be deported to London.

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