Pakistani National Dies After Losing Consciousness During Deportation Flight; Immigration Department Says Death Not Suspicious
巴基斯坦籍人士遣返途中失知覺死亡 入境處：死因無可疑
The Immigration Department said recently that a Pakistani national was found to have suddenly lost consciousness during a flight to Pakistan for deportation. After the flight made an emergency landing, he was taken to hospital and was subsequently certified dead. The cause of death was not suspicious. In response to an inquiry from Initium Media, the Immigration Department said the man had previously filed a non-refoulement claim, which was not established, and that his application for judicial review to the High Court had also been rejected. At the time of his deportation, he was appealing to the Court of Final Appeal, and the case was still pending. The department also said he had been detained at Tai Tam Gap Correctional Institution before being deported and had been provided with prescription medication. His overall physical condition during detention was satisfactory. On the day of deportation, he did not report feeling unwell or request to take any medication. Medical staff observed his physical condition twice after take-off and found it normal, until he was found to have suddenly lost consciousness nearly 1.5 hours after take-off. The department reiterated that, based on the information provided by the authorities, the cause of death was not suspicious.
入境處日前表示，一名巴基斯坦籍人士在被遣返巴基斯坦的航班途中，被發現突然失去知覺，航班緊急降落後該人被送往醫院，其後證實不治，死因無可疑。入境處回覆《獨媒》查詢，指該人曾提出免遣返聲請但不獲確立，向高院提出司法覆核申請亦被拒，被遣送時正向終院提上訴，個案尚待處理。入境處並指，該人被遣送前被羈留於大潭峽懲教所，有獲處方藥物，他在羈留期間整體身體狀況令人滿意，遣送當日無表示不適或要求服用任何藥物，而處方人員在起飛後兩次觀察其身體狀況為正常，至起飛近1.5小時後發現他突然失去知覺，重申根據當局提供的資料，死因並無可疑。