Classes suspended at Hong Kong Design Institute after students vandalise campus demanding surveillance footage of classmate found dead in sea
- A 15-year-old girl, whose body was found in the sea on September 22, was last seen on the Tiu Keng Leng campus on September 19
- Students on Monday smashed glass doors and security cameras at the institute demanding complete footage of the girl on campus
All classes at the Hong Kong Design Institute have been cancelled over the next three days after dozens of masked students smashed glass doors and security cameras on its campus on Monday over the school’s handling of surveillance footage of a fellow schoolmate who was found dead.
The 15-year-old girl was a student at Youth College in Tseung Kwan O, which shares a campus with the Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI), as both the schools are managed by the Vocational Training Council. She went missing on September 19 and was last seen on the campus.
Police have said that an investigation found nothing suspicious about her death. The force also confirmed the girl was not arrested during recent protests.
Chief Superintendent Kelvin Kong Wing-cheung said last week that the surveillance footage from Youth College showed she left her possessions on the campus before walking barefoot towards the waterfront near Tseung Kwan O on September 19. She was reported missing two days later.