Read the full judgment text of HCAL 1945/2019 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 22 September 2020.
1. The Applicant is a 30-year-old national of Nepal who arrived in Hong Kong on 18 June 2016 with permission to remain as a visitor up to 25 June 2016 when he did not depart and instead overstayed, and upon his subsequent arrest he raised a non-refoulement claim on the basis that if he returned to Nepal he would be harmed or killed by a manager of his former employer over some personal dispute. He was subsequently released on recognizance pending the determination of his claim.
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