Read the full judgment text of HCAL 1082/2018 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 9 July 2020.
1. The Applicant is a 58-year-old national of Vietnam who entered Hong Kong illegally on 16 May 2015 and was arrested by police on the same day. 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 creditor for failing to repay his loan. He was subsequently released on recognizance pending the determination of his claim.
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