By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-10-17 02:02:51 | Updated at 2024-10-17 05:32:39
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Several Hong Kong insurance companies have been targeted in a series of anthrax scares, causing business disruptions and prompting responses from police bomb squad.
An employee at AIA Financial Centre on Prince Edward Road East in San Po Kong filed the first report at 12.40pm on Wednesday after receiving an envelope containing white powder and labelled “Anthrax”.
Police evacuated about 50 people to the ground floor, with the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Bureau deployed to examine the substance.
The Fire Services Department’s hazardous material task force was deployed to investigate as personnel in protective gear entered the building.
Similar incidents were reported throughout the afternoon. At about 3.40pm, the office of Blue Insurance on Wang Yuen Street in Kowloon Bay received a suspicious envelope with white material.
Insurance firm Prudential’s office in Berkshire House on Westlands Road in Quarry Bay also reported a similar incident at 5.20pm.
