Read the full judgment text of HCAL 285/2020 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 5 August 2021.
1. The Applicant is a 51-year-old national of Vietnam who entered Hong Kong illegally on 23 September 2015 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 local authority of his home district over some land dispute. He was subsequently released on recognizance pending the determination of his claim.
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