Read the full judgment text of HCAL 1316/2021 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 18 September 2025.
1. The Applicant is a 52-year-old national of Sri Lanka who arrived in Hong Kong on 22 May 2004 as a visitor with permission to remain as such up to 21 June 2004 when he did not depart and instead overstayed, and was arrested by police almost 2 years later on 17 March 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 certain local supporters of the political party S
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