Bomb hoax at Bidakara complex

Bomb hoax at Bidakara complex

JAKARTA: As police struggle to solve the Feb. 4 bombing at
National Police Headquarters, Jakarta was haunted by a hoax bomb
threat on Friday.

Oil drilling company PT Exspan Nusantara received a call about
9:10 a.m. saying a bomb was planted in its office in Bidakara
Tower on Jl. Gatot Subroto, www.detik.com reported.

The company is part of the Medco group of companies owned by
prominent businessman and politician Arifin Panigoro.

Quoting one of the building's telephone operators, the online
news provider said that while all tenants and guests were
evacuated the police bomb disposal unit combed the building but
found nothing.-- JP