Bomb hoax suspect arrested over calls made ahead of Nicholas Tse Hong Kong show
Hong Kong police have arrested a woman suspected to have made hoax bomb reports at Kai Tak Stadium ahead of a recent concert by Cantopop star Nicholas Tse Ting-fung in a case believed to be linked to a ticketing dispute with another person.
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The force said on Friday that the 28-year-old clerical worker allegedly made five reports to police on April 27 claiming that there might be a bomb at
Kai Tak Sports Park , where the concert was held.
'The contents of the five reports are similar. The person who made the reports claimed that they had found a suspicious item that they believed to be a bomb inside Kai Tak Stadium and demanded police come to deal with the matter,' said Chief Inspector So Chi-bing of the Kowloon East regional crime unit.
'That evening, there was to be a concert by a male singer, with the number of attendees exceeding 40,000 people.'
The force did not find any explosive devices after searching the interior and exterior of the venue, he said.
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So said police believed that the five reports were false, based on the force's risk assessment and investigations, and the concert was held successfully that evening.
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