Unknown Caller Said There Was a Bomb In Penang High Court
A man "with a Middle Eastern accent" called the police and said there were two bombs in the Penang High Court building 11th June 2013 morning.
By Mei Mei Chu — 12 Jun 2013, 12:58 PM — Updated over 11 years ago
100 evacuated from Penang High Court after receiving bomb threat
Court proceedings at the Penang Court Complex here were cut short when a bomb scare forced everyone to exit the building.
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A bomb threat at about 11am sent some 100 people out of the Penang High Court building as police moved in to do a search.
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About 25 police personnel, including a K-9 unit and bomb disposal squad, immediately arrived at the building and told everyone to move out.
The crowd - judges, deputy public prosecutors, lawyers and members of the public - were herded out as the police bomb disposal team and K-9 unit arrived.
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Police received an anonymous call from a man with a Middle Eastern accent at 10am
Police received an anonymous call at the state police headquarters at about 10am yesterday.
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"A man with (a) middle-Eastern voice informed that there were two bombs at the scene," said Penang Criminal Investigation Department chief SAC Mazlan Kesah who was on the scene.
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He said a person, identified to be most probably an Arab from his accent, had made the hoax call to the Penang Police headquarters.
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Police search found no bomb, it was a hoax
After more than 90 minutes of checking and finding no bombs in the court complex, police declared the building safe at about 11.50am.
The proceedings in the courts went on as usual at around noon.
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Penang CID chief SAC Mazlan Kesah said police conducted a search after ordering the 200 staff and members of the public out of the building but found no bomb.
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Minutes later, Mazlan called off the search as no bomb was found.
When contacted, Mazlan said that police arrived at the scene about 15 minutes after the call was received.
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Police are tracking down the anonymous caller
"We believe that this time, it happened because there was a public property auction.
"The threat was meant to disturb the proceedings," he said.
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He added that this was the sixth time since last year that the courts have been subjected to bomb threats.
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