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 Monday, a bomb disposal team was called to a shoplot in Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur, after a suspicious plastic box was discovered. Initial scans indicated high radiation levels, leading authorities to suspect a bomb. However, it turned out the toy bricks inside were part of equipment used for team-building and training exercises.
The police confirmed the director of the organizing company informed them the plastic box belonged to his firm. The box contained 20 plastic toy bricks, which were the game components of a training activity called "Radioactive Bomb". This game was designed to boost team spirit and mental sharpness.
The employee who organized the team-building program in Ipoh, Perak, from September 11-12, left the game equipment outside the shoplot after the event due to exhaustion. Further checks by the atomic energy department revealed no radioactive substances at the scene. The incident fell under Section 506 of the Penal Code, which deals with criminal intimidation.
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