Read the full judgment text of HCAL 1046/2017 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 15 June 2018.
1. The applicant is a 40-year-old national of India who arrived in Hong Kong on 28 November 2008 when he was arrested by custom officers for trafficking in a dangerous drug for which he was subsequently convicted of the offence and sentenced to 6 months’ imprisonment. On 10 February 2009 he lodged a torture claim with the Immigration Department on the basis that if he returned to India he would be harmed or killed by his creditor for failing to repay his debts. He has since been released on re