Nine international schools in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur receive bomb threats

KUALA LUMPUR: The police have confirmed receiving reports about nine international schools, two in Kuala Lumpur and seven in Selangor, of having receiving bomb threats via email this morning.

Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said that inspections at the seven schools, located in the Petaling Jaya, Kajang, Subang Jaya, Shah Alam and Kuala Langat districts did not turn up any bombs there and that the threats turned out to be hoaxes aimed to cause concern among the schools and parents.

Meanwhile, Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Allaudeen Abdul Majid said when contacted that the Bomb Disposal Unit was conducting flushing duties at two international schools in Wangsa Maju that received the bomb threats.

A message about the bomb threats went viral on social media at 10 am to 11 am this morning.

Meanwhile, police in Penang confirmed that two international schools in the Timur Laut district also received bomb threats via email today.

Acting Timur Laut district police chief Supt V.Saravanan said that the received reports from the schools, one at Jalan Sungai Pinang at 11.20 am and the other at Tanjung Tokong at 12.26 pm.

"Both schools had the same email from the same sender, with the title ""bahan letupan telah ditanam di sekolah" and the contents of the email stating that the sender was having problems in life where they were being hated by everyone around them, their father had raped them since young and they were looked down in school.

"The Penang police contingent headquarters bomb disposal unit along with the K9 tracker dog unit conducted inspections at both schools and did not discover anything suspicious. The fire department was also at both locations," he said today, adding that the police had requested checks with the Communications and Multimedia Commission to identify the owner of the email account.

The case is being investigated under Section 507 of the Penal Code.

Also, the management of an international school in Ipoh, Perak received an annoymous email about a bomb threat in the school building, Perak police chief Datuk Seri Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri said in a statement today.

He added that the police took immediate action after learning about the threat from a school official at around 10.10 am and conducted a thorough inspection of the school building with the help of the Perak police contingent headquarters bomb disposal unit.

"The checks revealed no suspicious objects and after the situation was confirmed safe, all school staff and students were allowed back into the building at around 1.15 pm," he said.

Mohd Yusri said the case is being investigated under Section 507 of the Penal Code and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.

The Johor police received three police reports about bomb threats made via email against five private schools in the state today.

Johor police chief Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat said the reports covered Masai and Permas Jaya, Johor Bahru; Gelang Patah in Iskandar Puteri; as well as Kulai and Muar districts, and were received from 11 am to 6.18 pm today.

Teams from the bomb disposal unit, district special branch unit, school liaison officers and K-9 tracker dogs were mobilised to conduct further investigations, he said.

"Checks did not reveal any suspicious objects and the areas were determined to be safe.

"Until now (7.30 pm), the police are still at the locations to conduct further observation," he said in a statement here today.

-- BERNAMA