Legal Opinion
Sioe Tjen Wong v. Attorney General of United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 20, 2008No. 06-3539PublishedCited by 164 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
CHAGARES, Circuit Judge.
Sioe Tjen Wong, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of a final order of removal issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). A Catholic Indonesian of Chinese descent, Wong claims that she has a well-founded fear of persecution in Indonesia because of her religion and her ethnicity. As we explain below, substantial evidence supports the BIA’s denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). Accordingly, we will deny Wong’s petition for review.
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Born in 1962, Wong was raised in…
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