KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — The local stock market traded normally today despite the Bursa Malaysia office being evacuated over a bomb threat, its chief executive Datuk Seri Tajuddin Atan said today.
Tajuddin said a business continuity plan (BCP) has taken effect, with the stock exchange operating from an alternate site where trading activities can continue.
“The operator received a call of a bomb threat around 12.01pm saying that there’s a bomb in Bursa and neighbouring temple, Ganesha temple.
“The police came in, the bomb squad is now, I think, checking the building,” he said outside a police cordon near Bursa Malaysia.
He said public safety was the first priority for Bursa Malaysia, which was why the building was cleared of all occupants after the threat was placed.
But he also stressed that it was vital to ensure that the stock market was not prevented from operating, when explaining that trading was uninterrupted.
“There is a threat we are not sure whether it is real or not, for safety purpose, for security purpose, we have instituted BCP. Trading is continuing on as normal,” he said.
Later in the afternoon, police confirmed that they had not found any bomb at both Bursa Malaysia and the nearby Hindu temple, declaring the bomb alert through a phone call from an anonymous caller as false.
Police are currently investigating the case under Section 507, which covers the offence of criminal intimidation through anonymous communication.
