RE WIWIN RUDIANINGSIH

CACV 331/2018

[2019] HKCA 52

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF APPEAL

CIVIL APPEAL NO 331 OF 2018

(ON APPEAL FROM HCAL 852/2017)

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J U D G M E N T

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Hon Lam VP (giving the Judgment of the Court):

1.  By our judgment dated 23 October 2018 (published as [2018] HKCA 742), we dismissed the applicant’s appeal from the decision of Deputy High Court Judge Bruno Chan dated 13 July 2018 (published as [2018] HKCFI 1457) refusing leave to apply for judicial review.

2.  In her notice of motion filed on 29 October 2018, the applicant gave these grounds for seeking leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal:

“ I am not satisfied with the decision because this will leads my life towards more danger. I can’t go back to my country at this moment because my life is not [safe] in my own country. Please keep me to stay in Hong Kong until my problem will be solved. I will be thankful to you for your kind favour.” (sic)

3.  She also lodged written submissions on 12 November 2018 to support her application. In the submissions, the applicant alluded to the circumstances surrounding her claims. 

4.  The notice of motion and the submissions of the applicant in this application do not raise any question of great general or public importance. Nor do we see any reason to grant leave on the “or otherwise” limb. The statutory criterion for granting leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal is therefore not met: section 22(1)(b) of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance (Cap 484).

5.  Accordingly, we dismiss the application for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal.