U.S. national deported

U.S. national deported

JAKARTA (DPA): Indonesian authorities have deported a U.S.
national for possessing pornographic pictures and working in the
country without proper permit.

Jack Gilbert West, 50, was deported Wednesday to Singapore
aboard a state-run Merpati airplane, and "it is up to him to go
anywhere at his own expense", said an Indonesian immigration
official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

West was arrested on Jan. 31 for possession of pornographic
pictures, some of them showing oral sex. The immigration official
said West had been working for years as an English teacher in
Jakarta without license.

Prior to his deportation, West went on hunger strike to
protest his detention.

In a letter to The Jakarta Post, West said such pictures
"would not raise an eyebrow in any Western country".

West had lived in Indonesia for several years and left the
country periodically to get new tourist visas from Indonesia's
embassy in Singapore. He is married to an Indonesian woman and
they have two children, the immigration office said.