Read the full judgment text of HCAL 000052/1999 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 17 June 1999.
1. On 3rd October 1998, the Applicant completed a term of imprisonment which he was serving. But he was not released. A deportation order had been made against him, and he continued to be detained pending his removal from Hong Kong. However, he has remained in detention to this day. He now applies for a writ of habeas corpus to secure his liberty. His principal reason for saying that his detention has now become unlawful is that the immigration authorities have done nothing like enough to effect