Read the full judgment text of HCAL 3344/2019 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 9 November 2020.
1. The Applicant is a 37-year-old national of Bangladesh who entered Hong Kong illegally on 16 December 2015 and was arrested by police on 16 December 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 Bangladesh he would be harmed or killed by the local supporters of rival political party Awami League (“AL”) as he supported the opposition party Bangladesh National Party (“BNP”).