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1. The applicant is a Bangladeshi national who arrived in Hong Kong on 28 October 2013 as a foreign domestic helper permitted to remain until 28 October 2015 or two weeks after termination of her contract, whichever the earlier date. Her employment was prematurely terminated on 5 January 2014 but she failed to depart as required and overstayed from 20 January 2014. On 1 May 2014 the applicant was arrested by the police for illegally overstaying in Hong Kong. On 4 May 2014 she lodged a non-ref