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		</div><p>Hong Kong police have accused activists in the long-running pro-democracy movement of inciting minors to commit crimes.</p>
<p>The claim comes two days before a planned New Year’s Day march that is expected to attract tens of thousands of participants.</p>
<p>Chief police spokesman Kwok Ka-chuen told reporters that the force was in close contact with the organisers of the event, but would not tolerate threats to public safety.</p>
<p>Mr Kwok also said young people had been motivated to commit criminal acts during the protests, including dropping objects from the upper stories of apartment buildings.</p>
<p><em>“Over the weekend, during our arrest operation, we arrested a large number of youngsters and are very alarmed that some criminals incite youngsters to commit crimes,”</em> Mr Kwok said, adding that some of the violence had been inspired by the children’s teachers.</p>
<p>Children as young as 12 have been among the nearly 7,000 people arrested during the protests, which have drawn broad support and were originally sparked by now-discarded legislation that would have allowed citizens of the semi-autonomous Chinese city to be sent to China for trial.</p>
<p>The movement started in opposition to a now-shelved proposed law that would have allowed suspects in Hong Kong to be sent to mainland China to stand trial.</p>
<p>Protesters’ demands have since expanded to include universal suffrage and an investigation into alleged police abuses, and have frequently broken out into pitched battles between the two sides.</p>
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