Bomb threat called a hoax

Bomb threat called a hoax

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Authorities said a bomb threat that
forced the evacuation of a 51-story office building in the
Malaysian capital on Friday was a hoax and allowed workers to
reenter.

Earlier, security chief of the Malaysian mobile phone company,
-- the Maxis building -- had said the company's chief operating
officer had received a bomb threat by telephone on Friday
morning.

Security officials ordered workers to evacuate the Maxis
building and advised those in the 88-story Petronas Tower Two
nearby to move away from the side of the building facing the
Maxis building. The twin Petronas towers are the tallest
buildings in the world.

After a police bomb disposal team swept the area, authorities
allowed workers to return.