Kalibata Mall gets bomb threat

JAKARTA: A day after a minor explosion at the General Elections Commission (KPU) building, Kalibata Mall in South Jakarta received an anonymous bomb threat on Tuesday evening.

At 7:30 p.m., Panji Irawan, a staff member of Hero supermarket in the basement of the mall, received a telephone call saying that a bomb was about to explode on the second floor.

Panji quickly notified the mall management, which in turn contacted the Jakarta Police. The bomb squad arrived at the scene 20 minutes later.

After combing the building, the squad declared at 9:10 p.m. that the building was safe.

City police chief Insp. Gen. Firman Gani called on building managements to install caller ID to help identify people who make such threats. -- JP