Read the full judgment text of HCAL 346/2017 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 20 April 2018.
1. The applicant is a 30-year-old Pakistani man who entered Hong Kong illegally in about March 2012 and was arrested by the police on 15 June 2012. On the following day he was referred to the Immigration Department for investigation, and on 17 June 2012 he lodged a torture claim with the Department for protection on the basis that he would be killed by a man for having witnessed him murdering another man in his home village if he is to return to Pakistan. On 19 July 2012 he was released on rec