Read the full judgment text of HCAL 64/2023 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 17 October 2024.
1. The Applicant is a 39-year-old national of Pakistan who entered Hong Kong illegally on 16 June 2021 and was arrested by police on 28 June 2021. After he was referred to the Immigration Department for investigation, he raised a non-refoulement claim for protection on the basis that if he returned to Pakistan he would be harmed or killed by the family of his sister-in-law who blamed him for her death. He was subsequently released on recognizance pending the determination of his claim.