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More than 23,000 students, alumni and teachers from all public universities and one in seven secondary schools in Hong Kong, including [[St. Francis' Canossian College]] which Carrie Lam attended, also launched online petitions against the extradition bill in a snowballing campaign. [[St. Mary's Canossian College]] and [[Wah Yan College, Kowloon]], which [[Secretary for Justice]] [[Teresa Cheng]] and Secretary for Security John Lee attended respectively also joined the campaign. Even the alumni, students and teachers at [[St Stephen's College (Hong Kong)|St. Stephen's College]], which the victim attended from Form 1 to Form 3, were unconvinced as they accused the government of using her case as a pretext to force the bill’s passage.<ref>{{cite news|title=Thousands sign petitions against extradition bill at 90 Hong Kong schools – including city leader Carrie Lam’s alma mater St Francis Canossian College|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3012119/petitions-against-extradition-bill-80-hong-kong-schools|date=28 May 2019|newspaper=South China Morning Post}}</ref>
 
==Government concession==