RE RASWI ALIAS RUYATI

[2025] HKCA 58 Court of Appeal 9 January 2025 • CACV284/2024 • 4 min read
2 cases cited (0 HK, 2 foreign)

Outcome

Appeal dismissed

the appeal is dismissed.

Source: [2025] HKCA 58, Court of Appeal, decided 9 January 2025. Read directly from the judgment.

Judges (2)

Parties (1)

Case Significance

RE RASWI ALIAS RUYATI [2025] HKCA 58 was decided by the Court of Appeal on 9 January 2025, following the first-instance decision in RASWI ALIAS RUYATI V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD [2024] HKCFI 1717. The Court of Appeal held: 'the appeal is dismissed.'

Summary

Indonesian applicant Raswi (alias Ruyati), a former domestic helper convicted of making a false representation to an immigration officer, appealed the refusal of leave for judicial review of the Torture Claims Appeal Board's decision rejecting her non-refoulement claim. She claimed she would be harmed by her former husband and his family upon return. The Court of Appeal (Cheung and G Lam JJA) dismissed the appeal on the papers.

What did the Court of Appeal rule in RE RASWI ALIAS RUYATI [2025] HKCA 58?

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, holding: 'the appeal is dismissed.' The matter followed the first-instance decision in RASWI ALIAS RUYATI V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD [2024] HKCFI 1717, decided on 9 January 2025.

Cases Cited (2)

HK (2)
[2018] HKCA 451 [2024] HKCFI 1717

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Judgment

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Source: HKLII ([2025] HKCA 58)