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CACV468/2025
MUNAWAROH SITI v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE & DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION
Case Details
Case ReferenceCACV468/2025
CourtCourt of Appeal of the High Court 高等法院(上訴法庭)
Date Published2026-03-17
LanguageEnglish
NCN[2026] HKCA 338
Claimant / ApplicantMUNAWAROH SITI
Defendant / RespondentTORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE
JudgesHon Poon CJHC, Ng J
Judgment Summary
Facts
- •Applicant is an Indonesian national.
- •Claimed risk of harm from father and creditors due to debt.
- •Non-refoulement claim rejected by Director (2017) and Board (2019).
- •Judicial review leave refused by Deputy High Court Judge (2025).
- •Applicant appealed to Court of Appeal.
- •Applicant married Hong Kong resident in 2024 with four children.
Issues
- •Whether the Judge erred in refusing leave for judicial review.
- •Whether there were errors of law, procedural unfairness, or irrationality in the Board's decision.
- •Whether the applicant provided viable grounds of appeal with sufficient particulars.
Outcome
- •Appeal dismissed.
- •No basis to interfere with the Judge's decision.
- •Applicant's grounds deemed devoid of merits.
Implication
- •Court of Appeal does not examine Board decisions afresh.
- •Applicants must point out errors with sufficient particulars.
- •Bare assertions do not constitute viable grounds of appeal.
Laws & Authorities Cited
- §Nupur Mst v Director of Immigration [2018] HKCA 524
- §Re Kartini [2019] HKCA 1022