KPUD evacuated after bomb threat

KPUD evacuated after bomb threat

SEMARANG: The Provincial General Elections Commission (KPUD)
headquarters in Semarang, Central Java, received a bomb threat on
Monday, forcing officials to evacuate the building on Jl. Pemuda
in the center of the city.

The threat was received over the telephone at 7:05 a.m. The
caller claimed that his name was Budiono, according to Bambang
Sutoyo, an official from the adjacent building, which houses the
fisheries and maritime affairs office.

Bambang said the caller told him that a bomb had been planted
in the KPUD building and was ready to explode. A police bomb
squad unit searched the area and determined later that it was a
hoax. --JP