Kuala Lumpur Courts Complex. Wikimedia Commons photo
KUCHING: Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s corruption trial over RM42 million of SRC International’s funds at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex was abruptly halted this afternoon due to a bomb threat.
The Malay Mail reported that the threat was received at 12.30pm, forcing the authorities to immediately evacuate the court complex.
“Sentul district police received a call of the possibility of a bomb placed in the courthouse. Police are currently at the scene,” a police source told the news website.
Sentul police chief Assistant Commissioner S. Shanmugamoorthy told reporters later that the Taman Tun Dr Ismail police station received an anonymous phone call from a man at about 11am.
“We couldn’t recognise who he was. He didn’t introduce himself but relayed information, claiming a bomb was in court. That is all,” he said without elaborating further.
He said the police Bomb Disposal Unit and other experts are combing through the court.
The Malay Mail reported that the public was allowed back into the court compound at about 2pm after the authorities found no explosives.
Najib’s hearing before High Court judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali also resumed.
Shanmugamoorthy told a press conference after the court was declared safe that investigations were ongoing to track down the anonymous caller.
City Criminal Investigations Department chief Senior Assistant Commissioner Rusdi Mohd Isa later confirmed the alleged bomb threat was a hoax.