Read the full judgment text of HCAL 2528/2019 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 16 October 2020.
1. The Applicant is a 33-year-old national of Pakistan who entered Hong Kong illegally on 23 August 2009 and was arrested by police on 25 August 2009. After he was referred to the Immigration Department for investigation, he raised a non-refoulement claim on the basis that if he returned to Pakistan he would be harmed or killed by members of the Taliban for refusing to join them or to pay them extortion money.