Toy bricks for team-building mistaken for bomb in Sri Petaling
Brickfields police chief Hoo Chang Hook says the director of a company that organises such activities informed them the plastic box belonged to his company.
On September 16, police in Kuala Lumpur announced that a suspicious plastic box found unattended outside a shoplot in Bandar Baru Sri Petaling turned out to be a harmless item left behind by a worker. The police were alerted by a company director who informed them that the box belonged to his organization.
Upon investigation, it was discovered that the box contained 20 plastic toy blocks from a game called 'Radioactive Bomb', which is used as equipment for group team-building activities. This game had been organized by the company for its employees during a training program in Ipoh, Perak, from September 11 to 12.
It is believed that the employee, fatigued after completing the team-building programme, accidentally left the plastic box in front of Watsons Sri Petaling while returning home around 11pm on September 12. The police confirmed that the employee had no intention to cause any criminal activity with the game equipment.
Further checks revealed that the company offers a game called 'Radioactive Bomb', designed to encourage cooperation among team members and enhance participants' mental agility. The game is accompanied by a game module provided by the company in PDF format.
A police bomb disposal unit was called to the scene following a public alert over the discovery on September 14. The box was eventually destroyed using a bomb disposal device, putting to rest any fears of a potential threat.
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