First the bomb, now the hoaxes<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Still gripped by horror after Tuesday's powerful
\nblast in front of the Philippine envoy's residence, Jakartans
\nreceived more scary news: bomb hoaxes.<\/p>\n
According to City Police data, bomb squad personnel rushed to
\nat least four buildings, where owners or management reported they
\nhad been called by unidentified callers from Tuesday evening
\nuntil Wednesday afternoon and warned about bombs hidden on the
\npremises.<\/p>\n
After making thorough checks, the squad declared all sites
\nsafe and said the calls were hoaxes.<\/p>\n
Acting Jakarta Police spokesman Asst. Supt. Alex Mandalika on
\nWednesday called on city residents not to panic over the bomb
\nhoaxes.<\/p>\n
\"They are just the work of irresponsible parties, who are
\nmanipulating the bomb blast incident to create unrest in the
\ncity,\" he said at his office.<\/p>\n
The first two bomb threats was recorded almost at the same
\ntime of around 11 p.m. on Tuesday, or about 12 hours after the
\nblast at the residence of Ambassador Leonides T. Caday.<\/p>\n
Unidentified callers warned of bombs at the Tanah Airku
\ntheater at the vast Taman Mini Indonesia Indah park in East
\nJakarta and at a lodging in Sukabumi Selatan, West Jakarta where
\nlocal Indonesian workers planning to work overseas reside.<\/p>\n
Around midday on Wednesday, hundreds of employees at the 18-
\nstory Plaza Great River building on Jl. HR Rasuna Said in South
\nJakarta evacuated the building in panic following a bomb threat
\nreceived by telephone operator, Ira.<\/p>\n
In Tangerang, every inch of the 13 rooms of a factory
\nbelonging to electronics producing firm PT Lions Goldstar at
\nCiracap village in Legok was combed by bomb squad members from
\nthe Jakarta Police headquarters, who rushed to the site at the
\nrequest of the plant's management.<\/p>\n
According to Legok Police subprecinct chief First Insp.
\nEllysius, the company's telephone operator, Ita Rossini received
\na call from a mysterious person at around 10 a.m. Wednesday about
\na bomb planted at the plant that soon would explode.<\/p>\n
\"Without the knowledge of the employees, the management then
\nrang the bomb squad and asked them for a thorough examination,\"
\nEllysius said.<\/p>\n
During the examination, the work continued as usual after the
\nbomb squad personnel explained to some of the factory workers
\nthat they were doing routine practice at the premises.
\n(asa\/41\/bsr)<\/p>",
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