US woman who assisted in Bali 'suitcase' murder to be deported on Tuesday

JAKARTA (REUTERS) - An American woman who was recently released from prison after serving part of a 10-year sentence for her role in the murder of her mother will be deported and return home on Tuesday (Nov 1), an immigration official in Bali said.

Heather Mack, originally from Chicago, was jailed in 2015 with her boyfriend Tommy Schaefer for killing her mother Ms Sheila von Wiese-Mack and stuffing her remains in a suitcase on the Indonesian island of Bali.

"She's served her punishment and her permits expired," the official, I Putu Surya Dharma, told Reuters, adding that Mack was being deported in accordance with Indonesian law.

Her flight would leave on Tuesday evening and she would arrive at Chicago's O'Hare airport, he added.

Arrested in 2014 in a case that captured global attention due to its grisly nature, Schaefer was sentenced in 2015 to 18 years for premeditated murder, while Mack, then 19, received a 10-year sentence for being an accessory to murder.

Last week, Mack was released from prison after being given a 34-month remission for good behaviour, according to Kerobokan prison's chief for women inmates Ms Lili, who goes by only one name.

On Tuesday afternoon, Mack flew from Bali to Jakarta, the capital, before heading for Chicago.

Her lawyer, Yulius Benyamin Seran, said she was accompanied by her daughter, to whom she had given birth before her sentencing.

He declined to give further details.