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Oscar Liu

A 12-year-old Hong Kong boy has been arrested on suspicion of throwing objects from a building onto a basketball court.
A source familiar with the case said the child was detained by police on Tuesday after a glass object was reported to have shattered on the court at the Chung On Estate in the New Territories.
No one was injured as a result of the incident.
The insider said the boy’s mother, 40, was also in custody on suspicion of ill-treatment or neglect of the child.
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The source added the force’s Ma On Shan division had logged multiple reports of objects falling from a height at the same location.
The incident is being investigated by the Sha Tin district crime division.
Dropping or allowing objects to fall from a building, endangering or injuring people in public areas is punishable by a fine of HK$10,000 (US$1,282) and six months in jail.


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Arrests came after multiple reports of objects being dropped from a height at same New Territories location
Child detained by police on Tuesday; incident being investigated by Ma On Shan division


Hong Kong boy, 12, arrested after ‘glass object’ falls and shatters on basketball court; mother also detained on suspicion of ill-treatment or neglect of child.


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Hong Kong boy, 12, arrested after ‘glass object’ falls from height onto basketball court and shatters; mother also detained on suspicion of ill-treatment or neglect

Arrests came after multiple reports of objects being dropped from a height at same New Territories location Child detained by police on Tuesday; incident being investigated by Ma On Shan division

Arrests came after multiple reports of objects being dropped from a height at same New Territories location

Child detained by police on Tuesday; incident being investigated by Ma On Shan division