Bomb threat hits IBRA office

Bomb threat hits IBRA office

JAKARTA (JP): A bomb threat led to the evacuation of the
office of the Indonesian Banking Restructuring Agency (IBRA) in
the Danamon Aetna building on Monday.

A police officer said the threat was received by phone by one
of IBRA's officials at about 2 p.m. The official reported the
threat to the building's management.

IBRA office occupies the 26th floor through to the top floor
of the 32-story building on Jl. Sudirman, South Jakarta.

One of the building's security guards reported the threat to
police and asked for assistance from the Gegana bomb squad.

Members of the squad subsequently combed the area after
instructing occupants of the upper six floors to calmly evacuate
the building.

"I didn't know what was happening but suddenly we were all
ordered to get out of the office and the building," Andre, an
IBRA official said, adding that a friend told him later about the
bomb threat.

After two hours, the building was declared safe.

"We have combed the building but we did not find any
suspicious things," a Gegana police office said at about 5 p.m.
(emf)