Hong Kong police find body of missing teenage girl in Lion Rock Country Park
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The force said Daisy Kwok Oi-kwan, 18, who went missing on July 14, was found dead at the park on Wednesday.
Kwok was last seen in a shopping centre on Junction Road in Lok Fu, two days before the results of the city's university entrance exams were released.
The Post earlier learned that she was supposed to sit for the Diploma of Secondary Education exams this year, but did not do so as had experienced emotional difficulties and was taking a break from school.
Hong Kong police searched Lion Rock Country Park for the missing girl on Tuesday and Wednesday morning. Photo: Jelly Tse
The force last Thursday issued an appeal for information after Kwok's family reported her missing.
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