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Hong Kong Design Institute bosses pledge to respond to students’ demands as controversy over campus footage of 15-year-old girl found dead in sea continues

  • Students continue to call for release of all surveillance footage related to Chan Yin-lam, 15, who was last seen alive on campus on September 19
  • Tuesday’s dialogue, which was attended by hundreds of students, marred by more vandalism on campus

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Masked protesters confront vice-principal Dr Joseph Wong during the dialogue on Tuesday. Photo: Felix Wong
Elizabeth Cheung

The management of a Hong Kong school campus which was vandalised by dozens of masked youths over its handling of security camera footage of a teenager whose body was later found in the sea pledged to further respond to students’ demands after a dialogue on Tuesday.

The promise came as students continued to call for the release of all surveillance footage related to Chan Yin-lam, 15, who was last seen on the Hong Kong Design Institute’s campus in Tiu Keng Leng on September 19. Her body was found in the sea off Tseung Kwan O three days later.

Tuesday’s talk, which was attended by hundreds of students, was marred by more vandalism on campus, where classes had been cancelled earlier this month after extensive damage.

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Chan studied at Youth College, which shares a campus with the institute.

Against the backdrop of the anti-government protests rocking the city, critics had questioned if Chan, who had taken part in demonstrations, had died at the hands of police.
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Vandals strike at the Hong Kong Design Institute on Tuesday. Photo: Felix Wong
Vandals strike at the Hong Kong Design Institute on Tuesday. Photo: Felix Wong
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