Read the full judgment text of HCAL 298/2017 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. The applicant is a Pakistani national who claimed to have entered Hong Kong illegally by boat in September 2013 and was arrested by the Hong Kong police for illegally remaining in Hong Kong on 2 January 2014. After he was arrested he lodged a non-refoulement protection claim. His claim was rejected by the Director of Immigration (“the Director”) on 7 January 2016 and 12 December 2016. He lodged an appeal/petition with the Torture Claims Appeal Board (“TCAB”) which rejected his appeal on 26