Read the full judgment text of HCAL 399/2017 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. The applicant is an Indian national who entered Hong Kong on 29 October 2007 and was permitted to remain for 14 days. He extended his Visa on several occasions but failed to collect his passport from the Immigration Department. He then overstayed from 27 December 2007 and was arrested by the police on 25 April 2008. Only after his arrest did he lodge a non‑refoulement protection claim. The Director of Immigration (“the Director”) rejected his claim on 21 January 2015 and 16 December 2016.