Employees blase over bomb threats

JAKARTA: Some of Jakarta's residents are becoming immune to bomb threats, although several blasts have rocked the city lately.

Employees working in the Arcadia building on Jl. TB Simatupang in South Jakarta did not pay much attention to a bomb threat they received on Monday at their office as it was the second threat to have been called in.

An operator, who received the call at about 2 p.m., alerted the building's security guards, an employee, Budi, told www.detik.com, an on-line news provider.

"The caller said there was a bomb planted in the building's basement and that it was about to explode," he said.

Security guards then contacted Pasar Minggu Police and told all employees to evacuate the building.

"The employees, however, did not take the announcement seriously as there had been one (bomb threat) before but nothing happened," said Budi.

The employees, however, looked worried as they left the building, although they walked out calmly with most saying that they believed it was just another hoax.

They then watched the city police bomb squad fan through the building to find the bomb. -- JP