Indonesian government threatens to deport Leonardo DiCaprio for palm oil criticism

Immigration chief Ronny Sompie says Oscar-winner's visa could be revoked after comments made on environmental campaign visit - but DiCaprio appears to have left the country already

The Indonesian government has threatened to deport Leonardo DiCaprio after the Oscar-winning actor and film-maker made critical statements about the country's palm oil industry during a visit.

DiCaprio, an environmental campaigner, landed in Indonesia on 26 March from Japan. On Tuesday he posted a photograph to his Instagram highlighting the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation's plans with local partners to establish a "mega-fauna sanctuary" in the Leuser rainforest ecosystem, a lowland Sumatran national park where palm oil plantations, mining, logging and other developments are endangering local populations of Sumatran elephants, orangutans, rhinos and tigers.