Read the full judgment text of HCAL 1625/2020 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 8 September 2025.
1. The Applicant is a 38-year-old national of Sri Lanka who arrived in Hong Kong on 18 August 2005 as a visitor with permission to remain as such up to 17 September 2005 when he did not depart and instead overstayed, and was arrested by police more than 6 months later on 4 April 2006. After he was referred to the Immigration Department for investigation, he raised a torture claim on the basis that if he returned to Sri Lanka he would be harmed or killed by the Sri Lankan authorities suspected to
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