Read the full judgment text of HCAL 970/2017 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 20 July 2018.
1. The applicant is a 41-year-old national of Pakistan who last arrived in Hong Kong on 5 October 2011 with permission to remain as a foreign domestic helper until the expiration of her employment contract on 14 May 2012 or within two weeks of its early termination. However, on 19 October 2011 she was arrested by police for theft and her employment contract was therefore terminated. She was subsequently convicted and sentenced to two months imprisonment, and upon discharge she was referred to