An Indian-origin neurosurgeon jailed for cocaine-related deaths of two sex workers is facing deportation from Australia.
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has instigated moves aimed at sending Suresh Nair back to his native Malaysia as soon as he is freed on parole.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the extraordinary twist is possible because Nair - an Australian resident of more than 30 years - never became an official citizen.
The disgraced doctor did lodge an application for citizenship - but the paperwork was not processed.
Nair was jailed in 2011 after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of Suellen Domingues Zaupa, 22, who died of a cocaine overdose in his luxury Elizabeth Bay flat in November 2009.
He also pleaded guilty to supplying the cocaine that nine months previously killed another escort, Victoria McIntyre, 23, in the same unit, the report added.