Read the full judgment text of HCAL 452/2018 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 23 July 2020.
1. The Applicant is a 57-year-old national of Vietnam who entered Hong Kong illegally on 20 April 2014 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 the Vietnamese authorities over a land dispute. He was subsequently released on recognizance pending the determination of his claim.
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