By Edna Tarigan

CRIME

Indonesia deports man jailed for Bali 'suitcase murder'

Indonesia has freed and deported an American man after he spent 11 years in prison for the murder of his then-girlfriend’s mother on the tourist island of Bali.

Tommy Schaefer was sentenced to 18 years in prison for the 2014 killing of Sheila von Wiese-Mack, the mother of Heather Mack, during a luxury holiday in a case also known as the Bali “suitcase murder”.

Schafer was deported back to the United States from Bali International Airport on Tuesday after serving his sentence and receiving a number of remissions for good behaviour, the Bali Regional Office of the Directorate General of Immigration said.

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