KOTA KINABALU: The opening session of the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into illegal immigrants issues in Sabah yesterday was abruptly halted after police evacuated the Court House Complex following a bomb threat.
Commission chairman Tan Sri Datuk Amar Steve Shim Lip Kiong called for unscheduled break at 2.42pm, citing “emergency situation”, after secretary Dato’ Saripuddin Kasim informed him about the evacuation order.
Court guards immediately ushered commission members, witnesses and members of the public out of the court house, reminding them to stay calm and exit the premises in an orderly manner.
A police bomb squad’s vehicle arrived at the scene shortly after, as an officer told the crowd still gathered in front the court house to move further away to a safer distance.
The team swept the building for any possible explosive but did not find any.