Police confirm private university received bomb threat


  • Nation
  • Friday, 26 Apr 2019

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KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The police confirmed a private university in Bukit Jalil here received a bomb threat over the phone on Friday (April 26) afternoon.

Cheras district police chief ACP Mohamed Mokhsein Mohamed Zon said his team immediately followed the standard operating procedures (SOPs) in dealing with the threat.

"The police will inform of developments later," he said when contacted by reporters here.

International Medical University vice-president Christy Chiu, when met, said about 2,500 students were ordered to evacuate after the university received the bomb threat.

“We contacted the police after the bomb threat call at 1.10pm.

"From our observation, police searched the area for about three hours ... and they (police) have now declared this place safe," she said.

The IMU was established in 1992. - Bernama 

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