WEE HING THONG
It began innocently enough. Four students from Negri Sembilan came to KLCC for a good time. They left the bags lying there between the entrance of the tower and Suria KLCC Ampang entrance and walked off.
Someone saw the bags, became suspicious, and informed the KLCC security unit which called the police, who arrived from the Dang Wangi police headquarters. ThePolice Bomb Disposal Unit came, of course, and so did 3 fire engines from three fire stations, Keramat, Hang Tuah and Unit Hazmat KLCC, and one fire engine from its Hazardous Materials Unit.
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ASTRO AWANI
31 October 2015
Visitors to the Kuala Lumpur City Centre's (KLCC) Tower 2 today, were momentarily stunned by the discovery of four rucksacks which were initially thought to contain bomb-like objects.
Fortunately, they turned out to be nothing more than men's clothes.
A check by Bernama revealed the bags were discovered by the auxiliary police at the side of the building between the main entrance to Suria KLCC and Tower 2, about 10.30am.
At the same time, bomb disposal unit (BDU) personnel in armoured suits from the Dang Wangi police headquarters arrived at the scene to examine the bags.
Consequently, the BDU carried out a procedure to blow up the bags at 1.45pm outside the tower.
Kuala Lumpur CID chief Datuk Zainuddin Ahmad confirmed there were no explosives in the bags.
"All four bags contained only clothes and did not have any bomb as was suspected," he said when contacted by Bernama today.
Meanwhile, Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department director Khiruddin Drahman said the department received a distress call from the auxiliary police at 12.35pm.
"A team of fire and rescue department personnel from the Keramat station and a Hazmat (Hazardous Material) unit were rushed to the scene after receiving the call."
Fortunately, they turned out to be nothing more than men's clothes.
A check by Bernama revealed the bags were discovered by the auxiliary police at the side of the building between the main entrance to Suria KLCC and Tower 2, about 10.30am.
At the same time, bomb disposal unit (BDU) personnel in armoured suits from the Dang Wangi police headquarters arrived at the scene to examine the bags.
Consequently, the BDU carried out a procedure to blow up the bags at 1.45pm outside the tower.
Kuala Lumpur CID chief Datuk Zainuddin Ahmad confirmed there were no explosives in the bags.
"All four bags contained only clothes and did not have any bomb as was suspected," he said when contacted by Bernama today.
Meanwhile, Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department director Khiruddin Drahman said the department received a distress call from the auxiliary police at 12.35pm.
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