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| Hong Kong protests: Leaders threaten to call off talks | |
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| Leaders of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong have threatened to call off talks with the government after demonstrators were involved in scuffles with pro-Beijing supporters. | |
| The government must prevent "organised attacks on supporters of the Occupy movement", they said. | |
| The protesters, angry at China's plan to vet election candidates, have been occupying parts of the city. | |
| They had earlier accepted an offer of talks from Hong Kong's chief executive. | |
| In the commercial district of Mong Kok, on the Kowloon peninsula, opponents of the demonstrators dismantled tents. | |
| Many local residents have been angered by the disruption caused by the protests. | |
| Police linked arms to try to separate the opposing groups. | |
| Similar scuffles took place in Causeway Bay on Hong Kong Island, where residents tried to remove barricades put up by pro-democracy protesters. | |
| "If the government does not immediately prevent the organised attacks on supporters of the Occupy movement, the students will call off dialogue on political reform with the government," said a statement by the three main protest groups |