Read the full judgment text of HCAL 870/2020 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 18 February 2021.
1. The Applicant is a 37-year-old national of Pakistan who entered Hong Kong illegally in February 2007 and was arrested by police on 22 April 2007. After he was referred to the Immigration Department for investigation, he raised a torture claim on the basis that if he returned to Pakistan he would be harmed or killed by certain local supporters of the political party Pakistan Peoples Party (“PPP”) because he supported their rival Pakistan Muslim League (N)(“PML(N)”).