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China Threatens To Send Troops In To Hong Kong To Crush Protests

AFP
Friday, January 8th, 2010

China's top official in Hong Kong made a rare appeal for pro-democracy protests to remain peaceful as a politician close to the central government warned it will send in troops if the demonstrations get out of hand, a report said Thursday.

The remarks were made after thousands of people took to the streets on New Year's Day to call for universal suffrage and for the release of jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.

The march was largely peaceful until scuffles broke out as around 100 activists were confronted by scores of police outside the Central Government Liaison Office, the body responsible for the city's ties with Beijing.

The group chanted slogans, banged drums, and tried to break through a police barricade.

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