Read the full judgment text of HCAL 609/2017 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. The applicant is a Nepalese national who arrived in Hong Kong on 11 May 2014 and overstayed illegally only to be arrested on 19 May 2014 by the police. He lodged a non-refoulement protection claim which was rejected by the Director of Immigration (“the Director”) on 12 May 2015 and 1 November 2016. He lodged an appeal/petition to the Torture Claims Appeal Board (“TCAB”) which conducted an oral hearing on 11 November 2016 and dismissed his appeal on 28 April 2017.