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1. The applicant is an Indian national who arrived in Hong Kong on 20 October 2005 and was permitted to remain for seven days but overstayed. He was arrested by the police on 20 February 2007 and not until 9 March 2009 did he lodge a non-refoulement protection claim. His screening history was long, tortuous and convoluted; the Director of Immigration (“the Director”) eventually rejected the applicant’s claim on 3 July 2015 and 25 October 2016. The applicant lodged an appeal/petition to the To