Read the full judgment text of HCAL 374/2017 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. The applicant is a Pakistani male who entered Hong Kong illegally by boat on 18 March 2016 and was arrested when he landed. He lodged a non-refoulement protection claim which was rejected by the Director of Immigration (“the Director”) on 2 September 2016 and 24 March 2017. He lodged an appeal/petition to the Torture Claims Appeal Board (“TCAB”) which rejected his appeal on 7 July 2017. He filed a notice of application for leave to apply for judicial review on 10 July 2017. An oral hearin