Cheras police chief Assistant Commissioner Mohamed Mokhsein Mohamed Zon in a statement confirmed that police were informed about the threat. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 — The bomb threat at the International Medical University at Bukit Jalil this afternoon that saw hundreds of students being evacuated turned out to be a false alarm.that they were allowed back in the building at 5pm after police completed their investigations. The student, who declined to be identified, said they were told to evacuate at 1.50pm and was allowed to return to the building at 4.10pm.It was earlier reported that the students were evacuated by IMU’s management after they received a call that there were explosives in the building.Personnel from the bomb disposal unit were reportedly dispatched to the scene.
Cheras police chief Assistant Commissioner Mohamed Mokhsein Mohamed Zon in a statement confirmed that police were informed about the threat. “We have received the alert and investigators are taking the next course of action according to the standard operating procedure,” he said.