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Gary Glitter has been refused entry into Hong Kong, the Foreign Office has confirmed.
The former glam rock star, real name Paul Gadd, left Bangkok airport on a Thai Airways flight for the Chinese territory this afternoon.
He had refused to board a connecting flight from Bangkok to Heathrow this morning after claiming to be suffering from chest pains. However, he was later examined and declared fit to fly.
According to legal experts, British authorities do not have the power to force Glitter to return to the UK. Chinese officials are currently thought to be considering putting him on a flight back to Thailand.
Thai-based British journalist Andrew Drummond earlier told Sky News: "He has had access to British TV in his hotel and knows that if he does come back [to the UK], he might never be able to leave again."
The 64-year-old was released from prison in Vietnam on Thursday after serving two years and nine months of a three-year sentence for child molestation.
