Migrants whose abode claims have been dismissed said they were shocked and puzzled after they received the letters determining their fate.
Wong Pik-yuen, 30, said she was at a loss to understand the letter sent to her by the Judiciary last month.
'I do not know what happened to my case. I was just wondering whether I have lost it or not,' said Ms Wong, a mother of two. 'At first I did not believe that my application has been rejected because no hearing has been conducted. But it seems to be the reality.'
Ms Wong and her sister, Wong Pik-ngai, 28, applied for leave for a judicial review on June 27. Within weeks they were told by letter that their cases had been dismissed.
The two identical letters said Mr Justice Wally Yeung Chun-kuen of the High Court had made an order on July 11 dismissing their applications and made no order on costs. According to the court list stating cases to be heard on a daily basis, Mr Justice Yeung dealt with a batch of abode cases on July 11. The sisters were not parties to the hearings.
Their brother Wong Ming-lai, 26, who, like his sisters, came on a two-way permit, filed his application for review on July 17 and received a letter on August 2. His case was dismissed by Mr Justice Yeung on August 1, when there was no hearing for an abode case listed.
