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Hong Kong police have arrested 275 people over allegedly staging traffic accidents to fraudulently claim HK$14 million in government aid for victims of road accidents. A total of 182 men and 93 women, aged 18 to 64, were apprehended between October 3 and November 1 on suspicion of staging traffic accidents and using forged medical certificates to obtain the Traffic Accident Victims Assistance (TAVA) from the Social Welfare Department (SWD), police said in a press conference on Wednesday. Among those arrested were clerks, logistics workers, waiters and construction workers. Some also had triad …