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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

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The housing estate where a boy, 12, was arrested after a glass object dropped from a height shattered on a basketball court. Photo: Handout
A 12-year-old Hong Kong boy has been arrested on suspicion of throwing objects from a building onto a basketball court.
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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.

The source added the force’s Ma On Shan division had logged multiple reports of objects falling from a height at the same location.

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