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Murky players emerge from within Hong Kong protest

By Louise Watt
Published October 7, 2014 5:36pm ET
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Murky players emerge from within Hong Kong protest
In this Oct. 5, 2014 photo, a man who is identified by local media as Leung Siu Hung, a stuntman, holding a cutter, threatens to jump off the bridge to against the Occupy Central movement outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong's Admiralty. In the Hong Kong protests, not all is as it seems. In the chaos of mass street protests, murky characters come into play. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) | Kin Cheung

HONG KONG (AP) — In the Hong Kong protests, not all is as it seems.

From the shadows of the city’s mass street protests, murky characters have emerged. Allegations have spread among protesters, the local media and online that triad gangsters, paid demonstrators, police pretending to be protest leaders, and even a stuntman feigning suicidal tendencies have arrayed themselves against the students and the Occupy Central movement.

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