Critically ill Filipina and son seek judicial review of deportation order

By Vir B. Lumicao  

The ailing Filipina and her son want to challenge the deportation order against them

A High Court judge said he will study the grounds cited by a Filipina mother and her Hong Kong-born son who are seeking leave for a judicial review of a government order to deport them.

Applicants, Cristina D. Gano, 53, and Bernard Gano, 18, claim their lives would be at risk in the Philippines, hence, their petition for the court to overturn a decision by the Torture Claims Appeal Board to reject their non-refoulement applications.

Cristina took the floor briefly when she was asked by Judge K.W. Lung, through her lawyer, why she wanted to stay on in Hong Kong.

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Counsel Lewis Law, assigned by the Legal Aid Department to represent the two applicants, cited the following grounds for appeal:

First, the risk to Cristina and her son’s lives once they returned home due to a death threat from her husband after learning she gave birth to a son of out wedlock.

The lawyer said Cristina, who is from Ifugao, could be killed or subject to death, torture or persecution if she is brought to trial on adultery under tribal laws. He said the national law enforcement agency will not be able to provide adequate protection to her.

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Second, her critical medical condition under the government’s Unified Screening Mechanism process. The lawyer said she is suffering from various critical illnesses, including cervical cancer, stroke and brain tremors. 

She had been so sick she was unable to go to Immigration interviews and TCAB hearings. Her cervical cancer, discovered in 2016, had shortened her life expectancy.

Third, internal relocation would be difficult for both the mother and son. Wong said with Cristina’s medical condition, her removal/rejection of medical treatment by Hong Kong amounts to a valid ground under the European Convention on Human Rights (equivalent to Art 3 of the HK Bill of Rights) for present claims.

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Wong said the TCAB should have first made a finding on what was the applicable test, e.g. (a) whether Cristina was so critically ill or close to death; (b) she could not be provided with basic levels of food, shelter or social support in the Philippines; and (c) the abrupt withdrawal of medication/treatment would cause her “actual mental and physical suffering”.

He said the board had made errors of facts when assessing the mother’s credibility, which was material to its rejection of her claim.

The judge told the lawyer to cut down the authorities he cited, adding that a thousand pages of pleadings would take much time to examine. He said he will consider the application and come back with his verdict.

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Cristina came to Hong Kong in 1992 to work as a domestic helper. She lost her job in 2001 and overstayed until she was arrested during a police check in 2010.

She was sentenced to eight months in jail and her son was sent to a Boys Home run by the Social Welfare Department.

After serving her sentence, she and her son lodged a torture claim with the Immigration Department in August 2011 with free legal assistance by Duty Lawyers, but this was rejected.

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The two then appealed Immigration’s decision to the TCAB on Oct 21, 2011, but the appeal was also denied.

In the succeeding years, the mother and son filed a series of applications with Immigration and TCAB, including a non-refoulement claim under the USM process, but were unsuccessful.

They issued the present court application for a judicial review of the TCAB’s decision on Aug 27, 2019.

According to the solicitors representing both petitioners, Bernard would lose a great future in Hong Kong if he is deported. He is said to be a talented basketball player and is one of the Top 4 Young League contenders among students in secondary schools.

The lawyers said this unique talent could enable him to be drafted into the SAR’s national team in the Olympics and other international games.

Bernard is said to attend a local school in North Point and is due to sit for the DSE exam next year.

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Canada, Australia and 11 more countries now ‘high risk’ due to Omicron

By The SUN 

First photos of the Omicron variant show it to have far more mutations than Delta

 Starting from today, Nov 30, several more countries previously classified as “medium risk” for Covid-19 have been moved to the Group A or high-risk categories after cases of the highly feared Omicron variant were detected in their territories.

They include four additional African countries upgraded to the highly restricted group from today, and nine in various continents which will be moved to the top tier starting on Dec 2.

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To be re-classified starting Thursday are Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Israel and Italy.

After Hong Kong detected a third case of the Omicron variant in a newly arrived traveler from Nigeria, this west African country has also been included in the high-risk group, along with neighboring Angola, Ethiopia and Zambia.

They joined eight southern African countries already moved to the highly restricted group starting Saturday.

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All travelers from the African continent will not only be required to be fully vaccinated residents who must undergo 21 days of quarantine, they will also have to spend the first seven days of this period in Penny’s Bay where they will be tested and checked on everyday.

If they test negative, they will be allowed to move into the designated hotel they had picked for their quarantine and spend the additional 14 days of isolation there. If they are found infected, they will be moved to the infection control centre at North Lantau Hospital where they will spend no less than 24 days in isolation.

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For all other high-risk places outside of Africa, only residents will be allowed to enter Hong Kong. In addition, they will have to be fully vaccinated, present a negative result for a RT-PCR test done within 72 hours before boarding, and have a confirmed booking for their 21-day quarantine at a designated hotel.

At least six tests will be conducted during the 21-day quarantine, followed by another compulsory test in a community testing centre on the 26th day of arrival at Hong Kong.

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The stricter quarantine and testing arrangement is currently applicable to inbound travelers from Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Omicron has prompted most countries to tighten entry restrictions

Omicron, which has caused global concern because of its large number of mutations and the possibility that it is resistant to vaccines, was first detected in South Africa on Nov 24, though various reports say it had infected people in Botswana much earlier.

On Nov 26, the World Health Organization listed it as a “variant of concern,” on the same day two linked cases of a mutant strain found in Hong Kong were also detected to be of the Omicron variant.

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A returnee from South African was found to have brought the mutated virus into Hong Kong, and infected a man from Canada who stayed in the opposite room at their quarantine hotel.

Details on the relevant boarding and compulsory quarantine requirements for each  specified place can be found at www.coronavirus.gov.hk/eng/inbound-travel.html.

In its statement announcing the heightened restrictions, the government said it will continue to closely monitor the Covid-19 situation in various places and adjust its boarding, quarantine and testing requirements accordingly.

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Filipina DH 2 days from ending quarantine is among 6 new Covid-19 cases

By Daisy CL Mandap 

4 of the new patients were at Penny's Bay, including the Filipina DH

A Filipina domestic helper who should have finished her 21-day quarantine in two days is among six new confirmed cases of Covid-19 reported today, Nov 30.

According to the Centre for Health Protection, the 48-year-old Filipina who was quarantined at Penny’s Bay arrived on Nov 10 via CX906. That would mean her being eligible for discharge on Thursday, Dec 1.

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However, CHP staff said the woman tested positive for coronavirus with the L452R mutant strain on her 19^th day in quarantine despite being asymptomatic, and having been fully vaccinated with Sinovac in the Philippines.

As a result of her late diagnosis, she will continue to be held in isolation for at least 24 more days, making her quarantine last for a total of 43 days, even if she has not developed any symptoms.

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According to the latest guidelines issued by the Food and Health Bureau on Oct 26, all confirmed cases must spend at least 10 days in hospital, during which they should have two negative test results taken 24 hours apart before being deemed eligible for discharge.

Recovered patients need to stay 2 more weeks at North Lantau Hospital

After this, the patient will be kept at the North Lantau Hospital Infection Control Centre for 14 more days for further medical surveillance.

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The same post-diagnosis protocols will be observed for the five other confirmed cases today, including three who flew in together on Nov 21 from Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates.

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The Pakistan returnees who were all moved to Penny’s Bay earlier after being deemed close contacts of previously confirmed patients, are made up of a one-year-old baby boy, a nine-year-old girl and a 47-year-old woman.

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The other patients are a 27-year-old woman from India who arrived on Nov 28 and tested positive on her arrival test, and a 22-year-old man who came from the United Kingdom on Nov 24 and tested positive on his third day in quarantine at Ramada Grand Hotel  in Tsim Sha Tsui.

They took the total Covid-19 tally in Hong Kong to 12, 436 confirmed cases and one probable case.

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HK tightens quarantine control as 3rd imported case of Omicron detected

By Daisy CL Mandap 

Chan says HK detected the 3 Omicron cases during quarantine

The government has announced stricter quarantine rules for all travelers who will come to Hong Kong from places where there has been community transmission of the Omicron variant.

Secretary for Health Sophia Chan made the announcement at a press conference earlier today, Nov. 29, during which she also reported the third case of Omicron infection being found in a 37-year-old man from Nigeria whose case was announced yesterday.

Prof Chan was quick to add that all three cases were imported, and no local transmission had occurred.

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“Three cases were detected in Hong Kong and all of them were detected during quarantine, and none of them entered the community,” she said.

But amid concerns that Omicron might be highly transmissible and could evade vaccines, the government will require all travelers arriving from countries with local transmission of the variant to stay for seven days at Penny’s Bay Quarantine Centre where they will be tested everyday.

If they test negative during that stay, they will be allowed to spend the rest of their 14-day quarantine at a designated hotel.

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The new restrictions will also continue to apply to those arriving from eight southern African countries. Two of these countries, South Africa and Botswana, were the first to report cases of the highly feared new variant.

Heath officials announce stricter quarantine rules to stop Omicron entering the city  

The controller of the Centre for Health Protection, Dr Edwin Tsui, said he expects more places to be added to the list, including some European countries where Omicron has been detected.

"We hope to balance the risk between Penny's Bay and designated quarantine hotels so that we can pick up the majority of the cases in the first seven days of quarantine in Penny's Bay,” Tsui said.

HP’s Dr Chuang Shuk-wan said the man from Nigeria had flown into Hong Kong on Nov 24 via Ethiopia, and tested negative on arrival at the airport.

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But on his third day at a designated quarantine hotel he tested positive for coronavirus with the N501Y mutant strain. Genomic sequencing showed this to belong to the Omicron variant.

Chuang said the man had a Ct value of 27 to 29, which further went down to 20 upon his admission to hospital, indicating a recent infection outside Hong Kong.

She also reported on three new imported cases, two of whom had to be moved to Penny’s Bay after they were tagged as close contacts of patients who were infected earlier.

These are a 73-year-old man who had come from India and felt unwell on his fifth day at PBQC and a 69-year-old woman from Canada who was asymptomatic.

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The third confirmed case involves a 42-year-old male flight attendant who came from Finland via Singapore and tested positive on his arrival test in Hong Kong.

All three patients have been fully vaccinated, and carried the L452R mutant strain of the coronavirus.

They took Hong Kong’s total Covid-19 tally to 12,430 confirmed cases.

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According to Chuang, a total of 578 patients  in Hong Kong were found to have the L452R mutant strain, and of these 351 had the Delta variant.

She said fewer than 10 preliminary positive cases were reported today.

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