Read the full judgment text of HCAL 387/2018 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 25 October 2019.
1. The applicant is a 57-year-old national of Vietnam who last entered Hong Kong illegally on 10 January 2015 and was arrested by police on 12 January 2015. After he was referred to the Immigration Department for investigation, he raised a non-refoulement claim on the basis that if he returned to Vietnam he would be harmed or killed by his creditors for failing to repay his loans. He has since been released on recognizance pending the determination of his claim.