Kie

MEMORANDUM

Tjhang Tjhoen Kie, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo questions of law and for substantial evidence factual findings. Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir. 2009). We deny the petition for review.

Kie fears that he will be persecuted and tortured on account of his Chinese ethnicity, Christian religion, and an imputed political opinion. Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s denial of withholding of removal because Kie failed to show, even under disfavored group analysis, that it is more likely than not he will be persecuted if returned to Indonesia. See Halim v. Holder, 590 F.3d 971, 979 (9th Cir.2009) (petitioner did not show individualized risk where he “failed to offer any evidence that distinguishes his exposure from those of all other ethnic Chinese Indonesians”); Wak-kary, 558 F.3d at 1066 (“An applicant for withholding of removal will need to adduce…